On Saturday, Twitchy reported that scores of Filipinos cheerfully looted a Tacloban City mal in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. Today, amid reports of 10,000 deaths, looting and theft have become even more widespread, according to local news reports and eyewitnesses. One local news outlet describes the scene at Robinson’s Place shopping center as follows:
Children lugged plastic bags of rubber shoes and sandals. A group of men sported identical Hello Kitty backpacks, each filled with loot. Two teenagers towed a stroller full of DVD players.
Attempts were also apparently made to break into automatic teller machines.
Many of the looters don’t appear to be hungry or desperate, and they are not stealing only bare necessities such as food and water.
1 thing that probably hasn't been said about the looting in Tacloban City is that the looting actually began WHILE d storm was still raging
— DJ Yap (@deejayapINQ) November 11, 2013
Bethany Hospital in #Tacloban needs medicine. Pharmacy was ransacked by storm surges, looters. http://t.co/24RNWKIT23
— Bea Cupin (@beacupin) November 9, 2013
After looting supplies from supermarkets, survivors of deadly typhoon #YolandaPH now steal fuel, too: http://t.co/ROGfosCoqr.
— Yahoo Philippines (@YahooPH) November 11, 2013
WATCH: Looters steal fuel from Tacloban gas station http://t.co/sLy7WuEslS
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) November 11, 2013
My friend in Tacloban was just warned to watch after themselves. Looters are done with malls and stores, looking to homes now.
— KC Montero (@KCMontero) November 11, 2013
Homes, too? Yes, everyone is a potential target of the looters. Even relief workers.
https://twitter.com/ernestgozo/status/399709593535668224
Tinuod jd ang report na armed brigands are waiting for boats with donations that arrive at #Ormoc? Somebody please notify the authorities :/
— Judah ? #JunkTerrorBill ?? (@judahdelacruz) November 11, 2013
Philippine Red Cross says typhoon #relief efforts being hampered by looters – The Philippine National Red Cross… http://t.co/dl3x0ZSHrY
— U.S. Radio News (@USRadioNews) November 11, 2013
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