terror on the m20

Sword-wielding ‘killer clown’ taunts traffic from flyover across busy motorway

Alarmed motorists slow as menacing-looking character in full costume grabs their attention from bridge

Clare Baldwin

Published: 16:24, 12 Oct 2016
Updated: 16:51, 12 Oct 2016

A "KILLER clown" brandishing what looks like a sword has taunted drivers from a motorway bridge.

The scary-looking character waved the weapon and a red balloon over the busy M20 in Kent.

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — 'Killer clown' gives astonished drivers a show from a bridge over the M20 in KentCredit: Fame Flynet

Prankster waves his arms, waving a sword and balloon — Prankster waves his arms, waving a sword and balloonCredit: Fame Flynet

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — Traffic slows on the M20 as the figure runs along the overpassCredit: Fame Flynet

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — 'Killer clown' craze is sweeping Britain - and getting more extremeCredit: Fame Flynet

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — Lorries rumble under the bridge as the clown grabs their attentionCredit: Fame Flynet

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — The lone figure looks menacing on the M20 bridgeCredit: Fame Flynet

FAMEFLYNET - Exclusive: The Killer Clown Craze Shows No Sign Of Slowing Down As An Individual Dressed As A Clown Brandishing A Sword Is Seen On A Bridge Taunting Traffic Below On The M20 — Cops are threatening to dish out fines for public order offencesCredit: Fame Flynet

The "killer clown" craze sweeping Britain is getting more extreme in the run-up to Halloween.

London's Met Police have warned pranksters they could be fined for public order offences.

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Police are patrolling Essex schools after the threat that 20 "killer clowns" with knives will raid them this week.

A gang armed with a sledgehammer approached terrified girls aged nine and ten as they played in a park in Bridgend, South Wales.

As kids get targeted, a ten-year-old was left "screaming for her mummy" after approached in a park in Inverness, Scotland.

More petrified youngsters bore the brunt of the sinister craze when a birthday party was stormed by "killer clowns" in Dublin.

Terrifying sightings have been spotted across the country as police warn of serious consequences.

Meanwhile Towie star Leah Wright vows to take on the "idiots" posing as clowns in her county of Essex, saying: "I'll be waiting and I don't need a mask."

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