Overview
- Police were alerted shortly after 4:30 a.m. and sealed off the area around the Harzlandhalle in Ilsenburg.
- The cash machine was located in a freestanding bungalow on Harzburger Straße opposite the venue, and no injuries were reported.
- A helicopter and sniffer dogs are supporting a large search, and investigators believe the perpetrators fled by car.
- Authorities say they have no information to share yet on the perpetrators or the extent of the damage.
- In a separate incident in Bad Hersfeld, weekend smoke at a Sparkasse self-service site came from a fogging security system’s false alarm, and the ATM remains operational as the trigger is still being clarified.