12, 13-year-old attempt to rob bank with mock-rifle
VIDEO: Israeli boys try to rob bank with toy guns
Young teens caught in camera attempting to rob bank in central Israel with toy rifiles.
Using toy guns, a 12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old accomplice tried to rob a bank in central Israel but fled without any cash after apparently losing their nerve, police said on Thursday.
"We did it as a joke," one of the said after being arrested.
Security camera footage showed the boys, wearing hooded sweatshirts, entering the bank in Rishon Lezion, a suburb of Tel Aviv on Wednesday. One had a schoolbag on his back and what appeared to be a rifle in his hand.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said both were carrying fake M-16 assault rifles and that they shouted "this is a holdup".
"They were toy guns but they looked real. The people in the bank were scared, but then the suspects ran out without taking any money," he said, adding that police were able to identify the pair from the security footage and later arrested them.
