BENGALURU, May 8 -- A 27-year-old woman escaped a possible fatal attack after passersby intervened and overpowered a man who allegedly assaulted her with a knife on a busy road on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on May 6 on Madanayakanahalli Main Road under the jurisdiction of the Madanayakanahalli police station. CCTV footage of the attack, which circulated widely on social media, showed a masked man confronting the woman before allegedly attacking her in public.

According to police, the woman, identified as Sonali, a native of Jharkhand, was walking along the roadside when the accused arrived on a scooter and approached her. Investigators said he then allegedly pulled out a knife and attack...