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Boys arrested in Zoetermeer for scaring motorists with fake guns and Guy Fawkes masks, 28 May 2017
Boys arrested in Zoetermeer for scaring motorists with fake guns and Guy Fawkes masks, 28 May 2017 - Credit: Photo: @POL_Zoetermeer / Twitter
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Monday, 29 May 2017 - 16:30

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Masked boys arrested in Zoetermeer for terrifying motorists with fake guns

The police in Zoetermeer arrested two boys on Sunday evening for scaring a number of motorists by shooting at them with fake, but real looking, guns, the police said on Twitter.

The two were wearing Guy Fawkes masks, currently better known as Anonymous masks. From a moving car on Bredewater, they pointed and "shot" at other motorists with fake automatic firearms.

Both boys were are in custody.

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