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Police arrest teens in horse masks

Beersheba suspects accused of scaring little kids

By ToI Staff 9 December 2014, 11:50 pm

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Illustrative photo of a horse-head mask (screen capture: YouTube)

Three teenagers suspected of cruising the streets of Beersheba while wearing slightly disfigured, plastic horse-head masks were arrested by police Tuesday, after local children reported that the phony equines had followed them home from school and attempted to scare them senseless.

The teenagers, who referred to themselves on social media as “the angry horse” group, were detained following an intensive undercover investigation, on suspicion of indecent behavior in a public space, police said.

“Immediately upon receiving the complaints we launched an operation to detect the suspects who cast terror and fear on the children who were walking by,” Ynet quoted Beersheba Police Commander Moshe Ivgi as saying.