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Blow up Bancomat & Robber

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A 50-years-old-robber wanted to earn some easy cash blowing up an ATM in a town near Milan, Italy, with an electronic detonator & acetylene gas, but something went wrong and instead the ATM, he blews himself up. The only things he earned was not money but serious face & hand injuries that have proven fatal to the former robber. I said "former", because it wasn't the first time he does that dangerous operation. In the '90 he and his criminal gang blew up several ATM with the same technique, so I imagine that he was fully trained for the "withdrawal"...

Submitted on 03/16/2011

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: ANSA, 15/03/2011

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Bruce said:
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Using acetylene to blow up an ATM? That's a new one on me. And if he'd done it many times before then he certainly should have known the risks involved. Thanks. For the moderators: http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/cronaca/2011/03/16/visualizza_new.html_1555221402.html

Candi said:
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Oh good grief............

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