The windows shattered and the ATM exploded, thus allowing the theft of the banknotes inside. Not all of them, 5 thousand euros partly went up in smoke, burned by the powerful explosion and partly abandoned because they fluttered inside the branch. The bandits escaped with 40 thousand euros. New robbery at an ATM in Baraccola after the one last Monday. During the night between yesterday and Thursday, the Crédit Agricole branch was hit, between via Fioretti and via Umani, near the Ferrari dealership and the Confartigianato headquarters. It was 3.40am when the door was blown up, using the so-called marmot method, filling the armored container with acetylene gas to make it explode. The alarm sounded and the private security immediately alerted the police because it had already been understood that it was not a false alarm. A patrol of the Carabinieri of Brecce Bianche, of the Ancona Company, with their mobile radio colleagues rushed to the scene but the bandits had already fled. On the ground, in the square, some pieces of the blown door, several meters away, the exploded glass. Near the ATM the military found several banknotes burned and abandoned there by the robbers because they were unusable. There were at least three of them who acted, they arrived on foot in the square (the gate is kept open for the ATM service) with a car left nearby so as not to arouse suspicion in the escape. No objects were placed on the road to hinder the arrival of the police, as in the attack carried out on Monday at Banca Etica, in via Primo Maggio, less than two kilometers away. Regarding the modality, it cannot be ruled out that the gang is the same, people expert in tinkering with explosive gas, even very reckless given that after Monday’s attack the controls in the area have been greatly intensified. The investigations continued until yesterday morning, including with the forensic police. Neutralize the cameras of the branch where the bandits sprayed paint. The damage was extensive, yet to be quantified, because in addition to the counter container, the shock wave also affected the interior of the bank which will remain closed for several days. The quantity of the stolen sum is the same as that of Banca Etica, 40 thousand euros in fact, a coincidence it would seem because the credit institutions charge the ATMs depending on the use of the customers and there would not be a standard figure that can be known by the robbers. The choice to attack the industrial area is linked to the fact that there are several escape routes where one can escape or hide as it is a crossroads of state and provincial roads and including the motorway. The police will view the cameras in the area for a wider visual range.
Marina Verdenelli
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