In a shocking twist, police have arrested a WOMAN for assaulting a toddler who was punched in the face at a shopping centre.

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested after allegedly attacking a two-year-old girl at a Perth shopping centre.

Pamila-Rae Jetta, from Ellenbrook, who has a strong build and a shaved head, was taken into custody today after a police search.

“A 21-year-old Ellenbrook woman has been charged with one count of aggravated assault causing bodily harm,” police said in a statement.

The random attack happened at the Park Center on the Albany Highway in East Victoria Park in Perth’s southeast around 1.25pm ​​on Tuesday.

Footage from the scene shows a woman approaching the baby, who is being held in the arms of his mother.

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

The woman then fled the scene and was not known to either the mother or the child.

WA Premier Roger Cook said he was glad an arrest had been made following the horrific incident.

“It must have been incredibly traumatic for the mother and potentially very seriously traumatizing for the child,” he said.

Jetta will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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 up to 60 percent of his body and has undergone four surgeries and may also require skin grafts.