The scenario for two 15-year-old boys got a bit too real yesterday when they were faced with police officers who drew their weapons after reports of ‘armed black-clad men’ near a bank in Vemmelev.

The boys, dressed in black clothes, face masks and armed with their hardball guns had decided to play war, and one of them had placed himself on a roof between a supermarket and a bank, according to Sjællandske.

“When we receive reports of an armed man near, for example banks, we take it very seriously,” says Chief Inspector Jørgen Christensen.

“We drew our weapons because it is impossible to distinguish between hardball guns and real weapons, and we take no chances in those sort of situations,” Christensen adds.

The boy on the roof gave himself up immediately when he saw police draw their weapons.

“Immediately afterwards his friend came out of the bushes in a balaclava and black clothes and armed with an MP5 machine gun. He also surrendered immediately and explained that he and his friend had just been playing war,” Christensen says.

“But it’s stupid to do something like that near a bank. In fact it’s illegal to run around with weapons or something that looks like a weapon, in a public place. They should be using the woods or suchlike,” he concludes.