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Overview
- Officials say about 10 to 12 attackers used rifles, tire-spike devices and at least four SUVs, including one adapted to fire from the rear.
- Explosives overturned and set the armored vehicle ablaze, the vault was ejected, and two charges were found at the scene, yet no injuries or cash losses were reported.
- The Department of Roads closed both directions of the highway with no detour available while teams secured the area for explosive hazards and evidence collection.
- BAEP, Choque, Civil Police and Deic units, supported by a police helicopter, are searching the Piracicaba and Capivari region, and a vehicle used by the gang was located in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste.
- Police report the assault occurred in a stretch with no mobile signal, a witness video captured the moment of the blast, and no arrests had been announced by early January 3.