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Teen stabbed for wearing clown mask

A 16-year-old boy who carried out a clown prank has ended up in hospital.

A teenager who tried to scare a group of young people on a street at night has ended up getting stabbed.

The 16-year-old German boy was in a clown costume when he and jumped out at the group waving a hammer, reports The Evening Standard.

Berlin police said a 14-year-old reacted to the situation by stabbing the clown but soon realise it was his peer.

The 16-year-old received first aid from the group until paramedics arrived to take the boy to hospital but his condition is not known.

The 14-year-old boy was released to his parents.

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