(Croatia, Reuters) - A Croatian armed robber abandoned a bank hold-up after the cashier laughed at his order to "stick 'em up," a state news agency reported.

The masked robber entered a bank at Zagreb's main square in plain daylight and threatened the clerk with his gun. "Knowing she was behind bulletproof glass, the clerk laughed heartily and phoned her boss to say she was being robbed and asked him to call the police," a Zagreb police spokeswoman said. The humiliated robber turned and took to his heels, she added.