German police say a teenager's attempt to frighten a group of people by wearing a clown mask and brandishing a hammer on a Berlin street turned out very badly.
A 14-year-old responded to the scare yesterday by pulling a knife and stabbing the clown -- only to find that the clown was a 16-year-old acquaintance.
He performed first aid until paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.
News media in Canada, the U-S and Europe have reported a rash of sightings of people dressed as so-called ``creepy clowns'' and acting in a disturbing manner.