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Suspected ATM blaster arrested in Utrecht
A blown up ATM in a bank building. (symbol image) photo
© René Priebe/dpa
In the Netherlands, the police arrested a man who is said to have been involved in blowing up ATMs in Germany. He tried in vain to escape from the officers.
The suspect tried in vain to escape through a window when officers rang the doorbell, it said. He ran straight into the arms of the police officers waiting there. The man is to be handed over to the police in Germany. It was not disclosed in which automatic explosions he was allegedly involved.
In recent years, hundreds of ATMs have been blown up in Germany and large sums of cash have been stolen. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, many of the alleged perpetrators came from the Netherlands.