Story By: Anna Guran, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
This is the moment a prankster in a balaclava with a replica machine gun bursts into a cafe and pretends to rob the workers as his friend films in a stunt which saw the pair arrested.
The bizarre incident took place at a cafe in the city of Angarsk in the Irkutsk Oblast region, in Russia, when two students, who have not been named in reports, decided to film a prank.
In the video, a man holding what appears to be a machine gun bursts into a cafe wearing a balaclava and demands the workers hand over the money from the till.
Picture Credits: CEN/Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
Terrified customers can be seen running away as the scared workers drop to the ground. The workers reportedly went to take the cash from the till but as they went to hand it over the ‘robber’s friend came in filming them and laughing, with the pair announcing it was a prank.
The gun in the video is reportedly an airsoft gun.
After the incident, the cafe owner went to the police and the two jokers, both students at a local university, were detained for “hooliganism”. They have now been released on the condition they do not leave the area and they behave well.
Local media report the pair had told police officers they pulled the prank as they “wanted to see how everyone reacted”.
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