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This is the horrifying moment two male Lidl employees bullied two gypsy women who were trapped in a recycling container "like wild animals ".

The women are seen crying for help in the shocking clip as the two supermarket workers laugh at them.

The Roma gypsies were rummaging through the bins in the Lidl store car park in Follonica in Tuscany, central Italy.

The sickening video, watched by more than 200,000 on social media, shows one of the employees climb on top of the container and shout at the terrified women.

(Image: Generation Europa)

The bullies chant: "You can't go into the rubbish container at Lidl."

Now the mayor of Follonica has slammed the heartless shop workers.

Andrea Benini said: "One thing that baffles me about that video is the lightness and the absolute indifference to Roma women who are involved, which is an unacceptable attitude that affects the heart of our values.

"The city cannot do anything but react severely and immediately in response this disgraceful episode, we will take public initiatives to reaffirm the value of solidarity and inclusion."

(Image: Generation Europa)

Police have opened an investigation into the footage.

But Matteo Salvini, head of Italy's far-right Northern League party, has vowed to offer legal support to the men.

Lidl said it "firmly condemned behaviour of this kind" and said it would take "appropriate measures".