Tuxat High School Prank

The Midnight Article "Prank Injures People" was written by u/Roblox838 and posted to r/MidnightPaper.

The text of the Article was as follows:

PRANK INJURES PEOPLE

A group of high schoolers from Tuxat school tried to set off probably the most colossal prank in the city of *****. It involved fireworks, animals from the local zoo, several rented cars from Hertz and Enterprise, and their local stadium.

The ringleaders were 17-year old Nemanja Ščepčović, an immigrant from Bosnia and Herzegovina who had recently gained his driver's license and 16-year old Nikica Vuković, a Croatian immigrant who recently got his provisional license.

Todor Malinev, a 14-year old Bulgarian immigrant who had moved in 2014, and Riqui Fiçel·lañ, a 17-year old Spanish immigrant of Catalan descent, dealt with the fireworks. Carles Puigvilláñ, a 17-year old Spanish immigrant also of Catalan descent, and Kepa Vorazubirreta, a 18-year old Spanish immigrant of Basque descent, dealt with the rented cars.

The day before, Vuković and a friend called Anthony Jurić, an Australian immigrant of Montenegrin descent, had released all the animals from the zoo. Then the animals were taken to the local stadium, where they planned to release the fireworks during a game.

On the day of the prank, there was a football match between the local team and ****** FC. The animals were released, which caused the game to be abandoned. The cars drove onto the pitch, which caused a stampede of people to try to leave the stadium, but the fireworks were positioned at the doors, and many people were injured in the process. The local police decreed that they were to be arrested, but the perpetrators drove away in a Toyota Yaris and a Hyundai ix35.

Description:

The "Tuxat High School Prank" is an Event-Type Oddity that happened in an unnamed city, most likely in a European nation.

Set Up:

The Article names two High School teenagers as being the ringleaders of the Prank, 17-year-old Nemanja Ščepčović and 16-year-old Nikica Vuković.

Todor Malinev, a 14-year-old Bulgarian immigrant and Riqui Fiçel·lañ, a 17-year-old Spanish Catalan immigrant, were responsible for purchasing the fireworks used in the destructive and malicious Prank. Carles Puigvilláñ, a 17-year old Spanish immigrant also of Catalan descent, and Kepa Vorazubirreta, a 18-year old Spanish immigrant of Basque descent, were the two responsible for renting the two cars used as getaway vehicles for the group. The cars were a Toyota Yaris and a Hyundai ix35, rented from a Hertz and an Enterprise car rental service (though it is not known which car was rented from each service).

The night before the fateful event,

The Prank involved a simple set up and premise, the group would release most (if not all) of the animals from the city's zoo, escort them into a football stadium during a game, Nikica Vuković and Anthony Jurić, an Australian immigrant of Montenegrin descent, broke into the local zoo and freed what could only have been several dozen different species of animals from their enclosures.

The Prank:

One that fateful day, the group carried out a meticulous and complex "Prank" that was destructive, deadly, and cruel. As a football match was played in the local stadium, the group released the animals onto the field. It is likely that they caused the animals to panic, and thus stampede through the secure doors of the stadium and onto the playing field. The group then drove their rented cars onto the field itself, presumably to herd the animals toward their intended destination. As spectators and players attempted to rush toward the emergency exit, members of the group set off a large number of fireworks in the doorways, causing people to panic and stampede away from the doors. It is likely that several spectators were driven toward the animals and both humans and beasts were cruelly injured as a result of their panic and fear.

In the ensuing chaos, the cowardly conspirators drove off in their rented cars.

Aftermath:

The exact extent of the damage to both human and animal life was not mentioned in the Article, but it must have been considerable. In a panic, people clambering over each other can cause grievous injury and loss of life. Add animals to that panicked crowd and throw in fireworks to further terrorize them, and the ensuing carnage will be nothing short of horrifying.

Given the fact that the group rented cars and purchased a large amount of fireworks, it should've been relatively easy for law enforcement professionals to trace both the rentals and the purchases back to the group.

The exact legal repercussions facing the group was also not mentioned in the Article, but they must have been severe. Given the loss of both human and animal lives, damage to property, and terror caused, it is likely that the ages of the perpetrators were not considered in the sentencing. Indeed, given the nature of the crime, it would not matter that its perpetrators were underage, as what they did could very well classify as a form of terrorism.