Cement Soccer Ball Pranksters Arrested

Police in Berlin have arrested two men for placing cement-filled soccer balls around the city and inviting people to kick them.

At least two people injured themselves by kicking the balls, which were chained to lampposts and trees alongside the spray-painted message: "Can you kick it?"

Berlin police said they both men were in their 20s and they had found a workshop in their apartment where they made the balls to fool people around the city.

The were arrested for causing serious physical injury, obstruction of traffic and causing injury. And just in time - Berlin hosts the World Cup final this Sunday.

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