Samurai men missed class on keeping it cool

Three shifty sword-wielders were arrested by police after being spotted behaving suspiciously in a pagoda in the capital’s Prampi Makara district on Wednesday.

The astute police approached the trio, found three samurai swords in their possession, and promptly hauled them away to the district police office, where they can expect to confront the sword of Lady Justice.

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