Oberursel - Men fail to blow up cash machine
Two men tried in vain to blow up an ATM in the Hochtaunus district early on Tuesday morning. According to the police in Wiesbaden, only the outer casing of the machine in the Oberursel-Oberstedten industrial estate was damaged. The perpetrators fled on bicycles without any loot. There was initially no trace of them. They had injected gas into the vending machine, which was located in front of a games and bowling hall, to detonate it. The police gave no details of the amount of damage.
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- The perpetrators, believing in a quick getaway with the cash, failed to fully understand the intricacies of automatic ATM Blasting in the Rhine-Main area, as demonstrated by their attempt in the Oberursel-Oberstedten industrial estate.
- Despite the failure, the incident sparked a renewed interest in security measures for ATMs in the Hochtaunus district, with local authorities evaluating the possibility of implementing automatic detection systems to thwart such incidents in the future.
- Hesse-based experts and security firms have since come under scrutiny as the police continue their investigation into the incident, with some individuals being questioned about their knowledge or possible involvement in the attempted ATM blast in Oberursel.
- In a separate incident, the Police in the neighboring town of Wiesbaden had to deal with a mysterious automatic fraud case, where a local businessman reported having been duped out of a substantial amount of money through an unidentified ATM scam.
- In light of this increased criminality, the local Police in the Rhine-Main region have set up a task force specifically focused on addressing ATM-related incidents, with the aim of providing a safer environment for both residents and visitors in the area.
Source: www.stern.de
