Darmstadt-Dieburg - Unknown persons blow up ATMs and flee without loot
Unknown persons blew up a free-standing ATM in a parking lot in Groß-Umstadt (Darmstadt-Dieburg district) on Friday morning. Despite the detonation, the perpetrators did not manage to get any money, the police said. According to previous findings, the four perpetrators used solid explosives and then drove off in a dark car.
No one was injured in the blast. The police estimate the damage to be around 80,000 euros. The search for the perpetrators was initially unsuccessful. The police are looking for possible witnesses.
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- The incident occurred in a large-town within the District of Darmstadt-Dieburg, specifically in the town of Groß-Umstadt.
- The police in Hesse are urging anyone who might have seen a dark car in the area around the time of the ATM explosion to come forward as a potential witness.
- In a similar incident, criminality resulted in another ATM explosion in a different part of Hesse, leading to significant financial losses.
- The authorities are currently investigating whether the series of ATM explosions in Hesse could be linked to an organized crime network operating in the region's large-towns.
Source: www.stern.de
