Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Germany: 'Nuclear' toy sparks alarm - Scotsman.com News

Germany: 'Nuclear' toy sparks alarm - Scotsman.com News: "A TOY nuclear power plant built by two six year-olds sparked an alert in Germany, only for authorities to discover the would-be security threat was the shell of a computer with a radiation warning sign stuck to it.

Fire services and police cordoned off streets and told people to stay indoors in the western town of Oelde after the two boys left their mock power station in the street when they went home for dinner on Monday evening.

'It wasn't a prank, they were just playing,' a police spokeswoman said. 'They tried to go back later but the fire brigade wouldn't let them through.'"

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