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Unknown event in Madrid, Getafe area, Spain on Mon 11th December 2023

11th December 2023

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Several hooded men carried out a robbery with explosives early on Saturday morning a cash machine from a bank branch in the town of Getafe, confirmed to Europa Press by Madrid Police Headquarters.

The violent attack took place at 5.15 am on the 9th at the BBVA branch on Avenida de España. Four or five people arrived in two large cars. and they placed the explosives inside the ATM using some sort of pizza stick and then activated the explosive, destroying the ATM.

Like this, They put boxes full of money in the cars and they quickly left. Police patrols arrived at the scene within five minutes and could no longer find them.

XXI police officer of the Madrid National Police, who specializes in complex robberies and ‘moon landings’. His group took responsibility for the investigation. There are no arrests at this time According to the same sources, the amount stolen is unknown.

The ignition of explosive material damaged the banking institution, was also a source of great fear for the residents of the Getafe neighborhood, who woke up with a start. According to some residents, a homeless person was sleeping in the ATM section of that bank, but luckily he was not injured.

This isn’t the first time a gang of thieves has used explosives to steal the contents of ATMs. They had operated in Tres Cantos a year earlier, and similar robberies had been recorded before. Alcobendas, Alcalá de Henares, Las Rozas or in Madrid’s Ensanche de Vallecas or La Elipa neighborhoodsWhere ‘cheaters’ left a trail of banknotes along the road and these were promptly intercepted by neighbours.

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