Israeli boys try to rob bank with toy guns

Using toy guns, a 12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old accomplice tried to rob a bank in central Israel but fled without any cash after apparently losing their nerve, police said on Thursday.

"We did it as a joke," one of the said after being arrested.

Security camera footage showed the boys, wearing hooded sweatshirts, entering the bank in Rishon Lezion, a suburb of Tel Aviv on Wednesday. One had a schoolbag on his back and what appeared to be a rifle in his hand.