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Wave of ATM Explosions Shakes German Cities

Authorities investigate a series of ATM bombings across Germany, with one suspect arrested and others still at large.

  • Police have arrested a 24-year-old suspect linked to the explosion of two ATMs in Borken, with three accomplices still on the run.
  • The suspect was found carrying tens of thousands of euros, suspected to be from the ATM heists, and will face a judge soon.
  • Significant damage, estimated at half a million euros, was caused by the Borken explosions, though no injuries were reported.
  • In Gelsenkirchen, a masked individual attempted to blow up an ATM but fled after triggering the bank's security fog system.
  • Similar ATM explosions occurred in Vogtsburg and Lahr, with perpetrators still unidentified and the extent of thefts unknown.
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