A stag party in northern Italy ended with nine men being charged with “causing public alarm” after they pretended to be terrorists to stage a prank kidnapping of the groom.
Armed with pellet guns and wearing balaclavas and black helmets, the men, aged between 23 and 31, turned up at their friend’s home in Trofarello, a small town on the outskirts of Turin, gagged him and loaded him into the back of a van before speeding off.