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K-Town teen in bunny suit raises police alarm

For a second there, Kaiserslautern police thought a girl in a bunny suit was part of the new Ocean's 14 as she entered a bank. But it wasn't quite so.

K-Town teen in bunny suit raises police alarm
File photo of an unrelated bunny costume: DPA

The Rhineland-Palatinate city of Kaiserslautern was in turmoil on Wednesday over a 15-year-old girl who entered a bank wearing a bunny costume, Western Palatinate police reported.

Upon spotting her, a concerned driver immediately called the police, thinking the disguised individual would rob the place.

Little did he know that the facility had no more than one cash machine to target.  

The police were alarmed nevertheless and sent multiple patrol cars to the scene.

But when they arrived, the bunny was gone.

Searching the area for further clues, police stumbled upon a girl in a bunny costume at the door of a neighbourhood home.

When asked by the police, she reported that she had come back from walking her dog a couple of minutes ago.

The reason why she was dressed as a large rabbit: she had only moved in a few days before and the costume was the only thing she had to wear that wasn't packed away or in the wash.

SEE ALSO: Fugitive K-Town cow outwits police for 4 weeks before capture 

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Elon Musk visits Tesla’s sabotage-hit German factory

Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt production by a suspected arson attack on nearby power lines.

Elon Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory

The Tesla CEO addressed thousands of employees on arrival at the site, accusing “eco-terrorists” of the sabotage as he defended his company’s green credentials.

With his son X AE A-XII in his arms, Musk said: “I am here to support you.”

The billionaire’s visit came a week after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group called the Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group).

READ ALSO: Far-left group claims ‘sabotage’ on Tesla’s German factory

Musk had said then that the attack was “extremely dumb”, while the company said it would cost it several hundred million euros.

A week on, the lights have come back on at the site, but Andre Thierig, who heads the site, said on LinkedIn that it would “take a bit of time” before production is back to full speed.

Industry experts have warned that the reputational impact caused by the sabotage on the region could be more severe than the losses suffered by Tesla.

Tesla’s German plant started production in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction process dogged by administrative and legal obstacles.

Tesla wants to expand the site by 170 hectares and boost production up to one million vehicles annually to feed Europe’s growing demand for electric cars and take on rivals who are shifting away from combustion engine vehicles.

But the plans have annoyed local residents, who voted against the project in a non-binding ballot last month.

After the vote, Tesla said it might have to rethink the plans. Environmental activists opposed to the expansion of the factory have recently also set up a camp in a wooded area near the plant.

READ ALSO: Why is Tesla’s expansion near Berlin so controversial?

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