Belgrade 'Riot Girls' prove unlikely YouTube hit

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008

BELGRADE (AFP) — Internet surfers in Serbia were aghast Friday at footage of a pair of "Riot Girls" shamelessly taking advantage of riots in the capital Belgrade to go on a looting spree.

The video clip, which has become an unlikely hit after being posted on the videosharing website YouTube, shows the two young women going from shop to shop and helping themselves to anything from chocolates to designer clothes.

The link www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VWZoKWBYXE had received well over 2,000 comments within 24 hours of being posted.

The video entitled "Kosovo for a pair of sneakers," was uploaded by a user called "Gvantanamo" (eds:correct), who described it as "Belgrade chicks use riots and shamelessly steal from smashed up boutiques."

"They are so greedy...