Don't go dressed as a clown to Vendargues tonight unless you fancy a brush with the law. The small town outside Montpellier in southern France has banned people from assuming the comic disguise in public.
The decision by Mayor Pierre Dudieuzere follows a spate of clown-related incidents in the region.
On Saturday, police arrested 14 teenagers who were dressed as clowns wielding pistols, knives and baseball bats, the BBC reports. Meanwhile, a man in a costume was recently arrested after beating another man with an iron bar and a teenager in northern France received a suspended sentence for scaring passersby in disguise. In Le Cannet, three more clowns were fought off by a skilled boxer and his dog. Read more...
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