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BELGRADE (Reuters) -
A video of two young women looting
with gay abandon during rioting in the Serbian capital Belgrade
was becoming a Balkan smash hit on the video-sharing Web site
YouTube on Friday.
Police arrested some looters but public humiliation by
YouTube may prove a far more painful punishment for the pair,
whose spree on Thursday night was also aired on local
television stations and was being discussed across the
Internet.
A persistent amateur cameraman followed the women as they
loaded up with chocolates at a corner shop, came out giggling,
then went after designer bags, shoes and clothes at Belgrade's
swankiest stores in its vandalized main shopping street.
"Get lost, stop filming," one of them shouted, so laden
down with booty that clothes and bags dripped to the ground
amid the broken glass below emptied storefronts.
"But you are the heroines of this protest for me," the
cameraman replied sarcastically above the din of burglar
alarms.
Looters seized their chance as rioters attacked Western
embassies during a mass rally to protest at U.S. and European
support for Kosovo's independence.
The second woman covered her face with a pair of looted
shoes when she saw she was being filmed.
"Have you found your size yet?" asked the cameraman.
YouTube viewers were not amused.
"Shame on you," was the general message of hundreds of
comments about the women's behavior, though most used
unrepeatable vocabulary.
The video was entitled "Swapping Kosovo for a pair of
sneakers" and the person who posted it, "Gvantanamo," gave a
description:
"Belgrade bimbos exploit unrest to steal from smashed-up
boutiques without the slightest shame. They are so greedy they
even have to carry things in their teeth."
The next day text-message jokes about the video and the
looting swept around Serbia.
"Swap you 11 left Nikes for 11 left Reeboks," read one.
To see the video use this address:
http://uk.youtube/watch?v=5VWZoKWBYXE
(Writing by Richard Meares; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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