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Crook tries to blow open an ATM. He manages to relocate the ATM while blowing himself up instead.

Submitted on 10/09/2019

Submitted by: S.L. Russ
Reference: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7554087/Thief-blows-plants-explosives-cash-machine-Russia.h


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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
We have one or two similar stories in the archives but that's not enough for me to consider this sort of thing to be too commonplace yet. The submission could use more detail in the writeup, but the linked article provides some pretty impressive video & photos of the incident and the aftermath. He clearly underestimated the strength of the explosive by quite .a large margin. Thanks!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Dang. Someone watched too many Hollywood movies when researching explosives. Thanks, S. L.!