6 days ago
Shopping centre issues statement after video of little girl on escalator goes viral on TikTok
A UK shopping centre has shared a statement after a viral video of a young girl has been widely shared on social media.
The footage shows the girl causing 'chaos' at the Arndale shopping centre in Manchester.
She is seen climbing on top of an escalator, being escorted by security guards, and allegedly pulling the hair of another shopper whilst inside the Manchester shopping centre.
One video of the incident had been seen by more than 55 million people on TikTok within three days.
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Another clip on X, formerly Twitter, has received over 13 million views in a little over 12 hours.
The clips begin with a young girl in a pink coat and her family arguing with a group of security staff outside a shop, alongside another group of shoppers.
It is not clear what is being said but it has been alleged online that the girl and her family were being accused of shoplifting and security can be seen separating the two groups of shoppers away from each other, Manchester Evening News reports.
The girl and her family walk away in the video before another young girl throws an unknown item in the direction towards where the security guards and the other group of shoppers are standing.
The girl in the pink coat then travels on a downward escalator in front of two members of security.
She climbs onto the gap between the two moving staircases and proceeds to climb onto the upwards escalator, which is not in use, and walks up the steps, seemingly to escape the security officers.
At the top of the escalator, she is seen in the video approaching a group of shoppers who are watching the commotion unfold.
She is then captured on video approaching a female shopper and then proceeding to pull them by the hair. She then heads back down the escalator with a smile on her face.
One person commented on the video: 'The pink jacket girl CLIMBING OVER the escalator, going back down it, & then going back up just gag her is frying me like WHO IS THIS DIVA LMFAOOO.'
They added: 'this entire situation is so chaotic i'm crying'. Another said: 'That escalator wasn't ready for a diva moment".
Whilst some found the clips to be entertaining, others said they were not impressed by her actions. One person said: 'I don't find her behaviour that funny." Another person commented: 'Parents need to start parenting.'
But not is all as it seems with the video as it was in fact first posted three years ago by @dreams_dreams24.
The same user has recently reposted the videos, which has garnered more attention to the clips with 'pink coat girl' now becoming a viral topic on TikTok.
A spokesperson for Manchester Arndale said: 'We're aware of a video that has been recently circulated on social media, which shows an altercation that took place in Manchester Arndale and was attended by members of our Security team.
"Following a review of the footage, we can confirm that this is a historic incident that occurred several years ago.'
