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Swedish teenagers accused of attacking teacher with cucumber in social media prank

Two boys aged between 15 and 18 are suspected of physically assaulting a teacher at a school in Karlstad by hitting her on the head with a cucumber.

Published: 24 February 2018 15:56 CET
Swedish teenagers accused of attacking teacher with cucumber in social media prank
File photo: Markus Schreiber/AP Photo/TT

The boys are accused of assault, as well as invasion of privacy for filming the attack, reports local media NWT.

The teacher was not seriously injured but is still on sick leave two weeks after the incident, according to the report.

She remains absent from work “due to the abuse she was subjected to,” youth investigator with Karlstad Police Fredrik Persson said.

The incident is reported to be connected to a trend known in Sweden as ortens batong, which consists of filming an individual being hit on the head by a cucumber and then posting the footage on social media.

The trend dictates the impact must be hard enough for the cucumber to break.

On Friday, police in the town are reported to have received a second alert connected to the social media trend, after a young man hit another man on the head with the vegetable in a grocery store.

According to NWT's report, the incident was reported by the store due to the damage caused to the cucumber as a result of the prank.

READ ALSO: Swedes moved to tears by this adorable prank on old man

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VIDEO: Unamused French mayor reassures tourists after they’re told to ‘Go f***ing home’

A mayor in the south of France has been forced to reassure holidaymakers that they are still welcome on the beach after he failed to see the funny side of an airplane banner telling holidaymakers to "go f***ing home".

Published: 19 July 2017 11:50 CEST
A French mayor has apologized to tourists after an unusual message was delivered by plane to people sunbathing on Carnon beach near Montpellier in southern France. 
 
Holidaymakers on the popular tourist beach, situated close to France's border with Spain, were no doubt surprised to see a plane flying overhead pulling a banner with the words, “Go home fucking tourists” in English followed by the same message in Spanish, as they soaked up the summer sunshine. 
 
Needless to say beachgoers were left bemused as the video below shows.
 
The police stepped in before the same message could be delivered in French. 
 
Thankfully the banner wasn't the work of disgruntled locals fed up at seeing their resort invaded by the summer hordes.
 
The stunt was actually the work of a popular French Youtube prankster Remi Gaillard who started filming pranks for the video sharing website after losing his job in a shoe store. 
 
The video below was filmed by Gaillard and shows how he pulled off the stunt.
 
But not everyone was laughing. 
 
The mayor of the city of Mauguio Carnon, Yvon Bourrel – no doubt concerned about the opinion this would give tourists of the popular holiday spot – took to Twitter to denounce the stunt as “upsetting”, assuring tourists that he was happy to welcome them to the town this summer. 
 
While the man behind the prank snapped back on Twitter that while the stunt was a joke, what he finds “upsetting” is the fact that first-aid posts close at 6.30pm when the beaches are still packed with people. 
 
 
The humorist then claimed that thanks to his “joke” first aiders on the beach went into extra time on Sunday evening, allowing them to come to the rescue of a holidaymaker from Paris who became ill after 6.30pm.