Bomb disposal scrambled and terror police on alert after dummy wearing balaclava is spotted on boat sailing down the Thames with fake missile launcher on top
4ft missile was spotted on the roof of barge as it sailed through Reading
Alarmed passer-by called police and Army bomb disposal team responded
Perched next to missile was the menacing head and shoulders of a dummy
Experts scoured boat and said weapon 'was found to be purely ornamental'By JACK CRONE FOR MAILONLINE
16 April 2015
Panic: A terror alert was sparked on the Thames this week after someone reported seeing a missile on top of a barge in Reading
A full-scale terror alert was sparked this week after a dummy wearing a balaclava was spotted on a boat sailing down the Thames with a fake missile launcher on its roof.
Thames Valley Police called an Army bomb disposal team after a startled passer-by reported the 4ft long guided missile in a rocket launcher on top of the barge in Reading.
Perched next to the fake warhead were the head and shoulders of a convincing-looking man, his eyes staring grimly from holes cut in a balaclava shrouding his face.
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