North Rhine-Westphalia: Young people want to rob a woman's cell phone with a toy gun

Duisburg (dpa / lnw) - Three young people in Duisburg attacked a woman and her daughter with a toy gun in front of them. The boys approached their victims on a street on Thursday afternoon and demanded the cell phone of the 29-year-old mother. However, the woman was absolutely certain that she was only being threatened with a toy gun and ran away. A witness also testified that the weapon was clearly not genuine. Nevertheless, the police are now investigating the attempted robbery. According to the woman and the witness, the perpetrators were between 10 and 18 years old, the police said on Friday.