Berlin Student Stages Robbery To Wipe Bad Grades

A 16-year-old Berlin student was so worried he would have to repeat a year at school because of poor grades he convinced two friends to storm his class and steal the report cards with his bad grades.

"The student probably honestly believed that he could avoid repeating the school year if he made the report cards disappear", said a local police spokesman.

The teen sat quietly at the back of the classroom as the two masked robbers, his friends aged 14 and 15, burst in and threatened his teacher with a steel bar if she did not hand over the reports.

After grabbing them, the two tried to flee but dropped the reports as other students leapt to defend the teacher. The two were arrested close to the school, and told police their friend had devised the raid because he was afraid of flunking a year.

Police say the teens will face legal consequences once the investigation is complete.

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