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A MCDONALD’S restaurant was looted by a mob of youths who leapt the counter to grab burgers and drinks.

Yobs rampaged through the fast food restaurant in Marble Arch, London, as police tried to stop a riot which had broken out just metres away in Hyde Park.

 Youths leap counter in Marble Arch McDonald's
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Youths leap counter in Marble Arch McDonald'sCredit: Youtube
 Teens run out after snatching burgers and drinks from behind the counter
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Teens run out after snatching burgers and drinks from behind the counterCredit: Youtube
 A young hamburglar jumps on the counter
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A young hamburglar jumps on the counter

Footage of the shocking free-for-all was posted online last night.

Kids can be heard screaming and a terrified mum runs past the camera ushering her kids to safety.

Scores of teens tear through the shop and leg it out the door after helping themselves to free Big Macs and cartons of coke.

Panicked managers pulled all the staff to the back of the store to keep them away from the looters.

Others desperately rang cops.

A Met police spokesman said: "I can confirm that our Marble Arch restaurant was closed for a period of time on the night of 19th July due to customers entering the kitchen area.

"Police were contacted by the restaurant team who attended and dealt with the situation allowing us to reopen shortly after."

Two revellers were stabbed and two cops were injured as a giant water fight in Hyde Park turned into a mass brawl.

 Footage of the rampage went viral online
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Footage of the rampage went viral onlineCredit: Youtube
 Revellers clash with police near Hyde Park last night
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Revellers clash with police near Hyde Park last nightCredit: Neil Hall

Police said neither suffered life threatening injuries.

Many of the crowd were heard to chant "Black Lives Matter" - a slogan coined in the wake of police shootings of black youths in America.

Witnesses described it as a warzone as 1,000 youths descended on the park at around 9pm.


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