Italian bank robbers wear Trump masks in Hollywood style heist
Two Italian brothers have been arrested, accused of robbing dozens of cash machines while wearing Donald Trump masks.
In closed circuit footage of one of the robberies, one of the brothers in a Trump mask is seen covering the surveillance cameras in the lobby of a bank and planting an explosive in the cash dispenser, in the Italian city of Turin.
He then ducks around a corner after lighting the fuse, just before a violent blast.
The brazen robberies are being interpreted as a nod to the 1991 Hollywood blockbuster Point Break, starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, in which a gang of surfers don masks of ex-US presidents while robbing banks.
However, in a twist fit for a Hollywood film, police say the robberies are inspired by another film.
"Inspired by the 1997 film The Jackal, whose protagonist - played by Bruce Willis - changes the colour of his car because police are in pursuit, the two brothers painted their (white) Mercedes black," the police statement said.
They remain in custody pending trial.
