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Twins take mantle of Dennis the Menace

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Two 10-year-old boys described by neighbours as enfants terrible were arrested - again - yesterday after they set fire to a pile of rubbish at a Kowloon public housing estate.

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The twins were spotted torching the rubbish and newspapers at a playground outside Fu Kwok House at Tai Wo Hau Estate in Kwai Chung just before 1am.

A patrolling security guard spotted them and called police, who arrested the pair on the spot. They have since been granted bail of $50 each and told to report back to police on December 30.

The boys live at another block on the same estate with their single mother and 11-year-old sister.

Neighbours said the boys regularly skipped school and social workers had been instructed to check on their truancy.

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They said it was not the first time the boys had been arrested or that police had warned them about their antics.

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