Looters Beaten Like Dogs After Trying To Steal From Turkey Earthquake Victims

Footage has emerged of Turkish police and enraged bystanders rounding up and beating looters who were caught rifling through damaged properties amid the fallout of this week's devastating earthquakes.

When the twin tremors, each with a magnitude of well over 7, demolished tens of thousands of buildings throughout Turkey's southeast, many were deprived of their livelihoods and were cast onto the street to survive the bitter cold.

There were reports of quake victims forced to break into supermarkets and loot for food and shelter, lest they succumb to the sub-zero temperatures with no supplies to their name.

But as with any natural disaster, for every victim in need there are plenty of opportunistic thieves who seize the chance to take what they can, wherever they can amid the chaos.