Two masked men dressed in Santa hats robbed a royal guard of his automatic weapon in Stockholm last night.

The pair mounted a successful surprise attack on the guard, The Local reports.

"This is serious. I have a hard time believing it is a prank. It might be premeditated," said appropriately-named local police commander Anders Krook.

The gun stolen by the bad Santas was a loaded AK-5, fitted with a bayonet.

"I don't know what level of force the robbers used and if they made threats, but firing a gun is the last course of action," said a spokesman for the royal guards.

A review of security procedures has been launched.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/24/swedish_santas/

Never heard of one personally, so here's a pic:



Nice

Where was bratty?

You can't talk, that's clearly you at Gitmo being humiliated for photos there

Well as you see I would have been armed and able to escape.

Hard to tell if you've actually got a mag or not

No need. My little helpers packed more ammo than Schwarzenegger did in Commando.