Customers fled after a shirtless Australian man allegedly gave a 10-second warning before laying waste to a cafe in Vietnam. You’ll be stunned by the owners’ reaction.

An Australian man has been arrested in Vietnam after an extraordinary rampage through a cafe, leaving the venue with thousands of dollars worth of damage.

Footage of the incident at Ge Cafe in Da Nang showed the shirtless man using a chair to destroy the shop’s equipment and smash windows in the late night incident.

It also captured him grappling with cafe customers, many of whom were sent running for the exits, appearing to put one in a headlock.

In a stunning twist, the cafe’s owners revealed they would not accept donations after vision of the rampage went viral online and triggered a wave of support from around the world.

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Aussie arrested after wild Vietnam incident

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Local police were shown marching the man out of the cafe in central Da Nang just after midnight on May 30, with a Hai Chau ward official estimating he had caused VND500 million ($26,400) in damage.

Posting on Facebook, Ge Cafe management recounted how the “serious incident” unfolded after the man arrived late at night on May 29.

They wrote the man sat down at a table and was approached by staff to tell him he had to order at the counter.

A woman could be seen running from the cafe. Picture: Supplied
A woman could be seen running from the cafe. Picture: Supplied

Footage showed the man destroying cafe property. Picture: Supplied
Footage showed the man destroying cafe property. Picture: Supplied
Another customer then offered him their phone to translate the conversation and he allegedly refused to return it, and “only laughed and continued scrolling through messages”.

“The staff called security for assistance due to unusual behaviour,” the post read.