But precisely because of the violence of the operation, at the beginning it was not clear how much they managed to steal. In the end, it was estimated that the gang managed to take away approximately 50 thousand euros. The attack took place in grand style: three-pointed nails on the road and a large boulder to escape, the explosive, inserted with the “marmot” technique, in the ATM. And so a commando of five people (four of which actually went into action) scored the blow.
It was around 04.30 when, according to what has been reconstructed, the bandits, dressed in mechanics’ overalls with their faces completely covered, stopped aAudi in the center of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, a few steps from Palazzo di Città, and they blew up the automatic teller machine with an improvised device, the so-called “marmotta”. It is a tube with a terminal on which gunpowder is placed which is inserted into the slot of the ATM, thus blowing it up.
Then, after having unhinged the chest, they grabbed all the money, transporting it to the car inside some plastic bags, while an accomplice, holding a pickaxe, pushed the police officers away. Nightwatchman who were approaching the location after the alarm system was activated. Having completed the attack, the bandits moved away at very high speed, leaving numerous three-pointed nails and a large boulder on the road to help them escape towards the city centre.
There was countless damage to the Bitonto credit institution, which was completely gutted by the explosion. In the morning the manager of the bank branch filed a formal complaint. It is estimated that they were stolen around 50 thousand euros. The following intervened on site for the findings and investigations Carabinieri from the Bitonto station and of Radiomobile rate from the Modugno Company. Who hope to obtain information from the bank’s video surveillance cameras.
The military, under the command of the major Giovanna Bosso, are acquiring further details from other electronic eyes possibly present in the area to try to give a face to the criminals, who had a strong Bari accent. Meanwhile, a video has also been released on social media which shows exactly what happened.
