Overview

• In the early hours of August 2, criminals detonated an explosive at an ATM on Äußere Zwickauer Straße in Zwickau-Planitz.
• Police intercepted the suspects’ high-powered vehicle on a supermarket parking lot and arrested two Dutch nationals, ages 25 and 27, after the blast yielded no cash.
• Landeskriminalamt bomb experts recovered two undetonated devices and carried out controlled detonations to protect bystanders.
• Technisches Hilfswerk teams stabilized the bank branch after the explosion left the building structurally compromised.
• A police helicopter supported the overnight operation as investigators search for a third fugitive and probe organized-crime links.