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Scary clowns have gotten a little too real for Target.
Two weeks before Halloween, the company is pulling some clown masks off its shelves and out of its online store after sightings of menacing clowns across the country.
Police in Greenville, South Carolina, were alerted this summer to clowns trying to lure childrenfrom an apartment complex into the woods. In Texas and West Virginia, people dressed as clowns were arrested this month for chasing strangers with sticks and baseball bats.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere stated there would be "no tolerance" for the rash of attacks involving people dressed in "creepy clown" outfits, according to the BBC. "When people face threats of violence on a wide scale, it can be treated as an offense," he said. "It no longer has anything to do with harmless Halloween traditions."
At least 30 attacks, robberies or assaults involving suspects in clown masks have been reported in the past weeks in Germany, the Washington Post reported. German department store chains Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof have stopped selling the creepy clown masks in response to the attacks, while Deiters fancy dress store decided to keep them on the shelves. The clown attacks began in South Carolina in August and spread overseas to other countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom through social media.
In the United Kingdom, some bars plan to deny entry to patrons dressed in clown masks on Halloween and increase police presence. Maiziere said that German police would also remain on high alert and only their presence and swift action would prevent further attacks.
Germany implements 'no tolerance' policy against 'creepy clowns'
