ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />STORY: Dozens of looters stormed a supermarket on the outskirts of the Argentine mountain city of Bariloche on Thursday (December 20).<br/> <br />Around 9:30 a.m. local time, the assailants - many of whom used masks, scarves and sunglasses to conceal their faces - entered the "Changomas" supermarket and pillaged vast quantities of goods, including LCD televisions, food, clothes and bicycles.<br/> <br />Parked cars, believed to belong to the thieves, lined a street close by.<br/> <br />Police tried to control the situation using water cannon and barricades, but eventually resorted to dispelling tear gas in attempts to drive out the steady stream of looters.<br/> <br />The thieves responded by throwing rocks at police and reporters.<br/> <br />Cars parked in the supermarket parking lot were also ransacked for goods and vandalized.<br/> <br />While authorities believe that the majority of looters were adolescents from the surrounding underprivileged neighborhoods, entire families, including little children, participated in the robbery.<br/> <br />There were no reports of injuries.
