A man dressed as a shark has been fined under new anti-burqa laws in Austria. A PR agency has admitted the incident was a stunt designed to make a "socially relevant" point.
Police had confronted a man on Friday after he was seen promoting a new outlet of the McShark electronics store in Vienna in a costume that covered his face. When he refused to remove his shark head, he was given a fine of €150 ($176).
[...] Regional daily Österreich reported the officers acted after a call from an unidentified member of the public. Police had suspected the report came from someone who wished to prove a point about the new laws.
http://www.dw.com/en/austria-burqa-ban-man-dressed-as-shark-falls-afoul-of-new-law/a-40872491
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:33PM (4 children)
On the other hand: "We have no leads, as he was wearing a full-body shark costume", said no police report ever.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:58PM (2 children)
A pox on Halloween for making it near-impossible to search for such things. I hope a murderous clown will do:
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime-ampampamp-law/wellington-infamous-clown-murder-still-unsolved-years-later/yb8paMiMRTT7V9ShfBaUfP/ [mypalmbeachpost.com]
Then we have fake nuns robbing a bank:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/suspects-disguise-themselves-as-nuns-in-attempted-bank-robbery.html [foxnews.com]
Power Ranger robs a bookie:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8069670/Police-hunt-raider-dressed-as-Power-Ranger.html [telegraph.co.uk]
SpiderMan:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235144/Man-arrested-trying-mug-woman-wearing-Spider-Man-costume-disguise.html [dailymail.co.uk]
Gumby:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/09/07/gumby-botches-robbery-of-san-diego-7-eleven/ [cbslocal.com]
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:00PM (1 child)
How could you skip what happened today???
Pikachu tries to jump the White House fence [thehill.com]!!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 20 2017, @12:59AM
Yeech. What a horrendous choice in costume.
Let's hope that some kind of poetic justice was served and they tazed him through his suit until he shit himself.
(Score: 1) by Aegis on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:42PM
My criminal record begs to differ.