An urgent search is underway after a child was attacked by a stranger in a Perth shopping centre.

Shocking CCTV footage has been released of a woman attacking a two-year-old girl being carried by her mother in a random attack at a busy shopping centre.

The horrific incident happened at the Park Center on the Albany Highway in East Victoria Park in south-east Perth at approximately 1.25pm ​​on Tuesday.

The footage shows a woman with a bleached, shaved head approaching the mother and baby.

Seconds later. she reached out and attacked the girl before her mother quickly moved away.

After this, the woman fled the scene.

The baby suffered facial injuries.

The woman is unknown to both mother and child.

The hunt continues for the woman, who is described as having a medium build and wearing a pink tank top, gray shorts with white stripes and blue trainers.

Anyone with information about the woman’s whereabouts is asked to contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

The incident follows yet another shocking attack on an innocent child.

In August, nine-month-old baby Luca was shot and killed by a stranger while on a picnic with his mother in a Brisbane park.

Police say the man approached the boy and poured a thermos of hot coffee on him, burning his face and chest.

The 33-year-old man was identified by Chinese media after he allegedly left the country using his own passport the day before he was identified by Queensland police.

Luca suffered severe burns to 60 percent of his body and has undergone four surgeries and may also require skin grafts.