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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSerial ATM Bomber Accidentally Blows Himself Up Making Video Tutorial, Authorities Say
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/30/suspect-in-atm-attacks-blew-himself-up-filming-tutorial-says-europol
Dutch and German police have broken up a criminal gang involved in making video tutorials on how to bomb cash machines after one of its members blew himself up in the process.
One suspect was killed and another was badly hurt in the Dutch city of Utrecht when a trial run went wrong at an illegal training centre for explosives attacks on ATMs, Europol said.
Police eventually made nine arrests during an 18-month operation targeting the gang, which the EUs police agency said was linked to at least 15 bombings on ATMs in Germany that resulted in losses of 2.15m (£1.5m).
The criminals were making video tutorials which were given in person to other criminals, a Europol spokesperson said. The main suspect, a 29-year-old, blew himself up when filming a tutorial video. His accomplice, a 24-year-old, was seriously injured and taken into custody. The explosion happened in September 2020.
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Serial ATM Bomber Accidentally Blows Himself Up Making Video Tutorial, Authorities Say (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2021
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msongs
(67,478 posts)1. always nice to hear good news nt
Enter stage left
(3,403 posts)2. Ooooooppssss!!!!!
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)3. Well that's a shame
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)4. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Let that be a warning to any other Wile E Coyote ATM thief wannabe's out there.
bahboo
(16,380 posts)5. gonna be hard to top this...
in the Darwin Awards....
Sedona
(3,769 posts)6. Reminds me of a cool Breaking Bad scene
lame54
(35,343 posts)7. He should have watched a few first
ZonkerHarris
(24,286 posts)8. Darwin says Hello.