BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested a man for firing potatoes at passers-by with a home-made bazooka, authorities in the western city of Essen say.
“It was like a bazooka that fired potatoes,” a spokesman for police in Essen said on Friday. “Jolly dangerous from close range.”
Police said the weapon consisted of about 1.5 metres (4 feet 9 inches) of drainpipe attached to an aerosol can which the man ignited to propel the root vegetables towards their targets.
“He was plastered and probably thought it was fun,” the spokesman said.