Police foil masked children’s plan to rob station kiosk with toy gun

Police prevented two masked kids with a toy shotgun from robbing a kiosk at a train station in a small city in north-east Germany.

The two boys, aged 10 and 14, were spotted by passersby at the station in Neubrandenburg on Thursday.

When police arrived with lights flashing, the boys quickly took off their masks and sat down on a bench in hopes of looking inconspicuous, according to police.

But when police officers questioned the kids, the children admitted that the 10-year-old boy had wanted to rob the station kiosk and persuaded his older friend to join in, according to police.

During a search of the two, officers said they found a toy gun and a knife.

The children were taken to the police station, where they were picked up by their guardians, police said.