Local ATM blown up

[Elantri_X]

Two cash machines have been blown up overnight on the New South Wales central coast.

A Fire Brigades spokesman says thieves struck the ATMs attached to banks at a shopping centre complex on the Entrance Road at Erina at around 2:00am (AEST).

Police say both attacks appear to have been unsuccessful, although one of the banks sustained extensive damage.

Scott Levi, a local ABC presenter on the central coast, passed by the shopping centre on his way to work, and says he was shocked by the amount of damage.

"It must have been a powerful blast," he said.

"It really smashed the inside [of the bank]."

It is the third ATM attack in the area in the past four months.

In January, an ATM was blown up at Morriset, while a machine at Umina was targeted in December.

ABC Central Coast NSW - Bank 'smashed' in ATM explosion

I've used this ATM a lot too, I've lost count how many atms have been blown up around me...

23/04/2009 Update

The twin explosion, which occurred around 2.15am in the front window of a Westpac Bank in Miller Street, North Sydney, believed to have netted the thieves double their usual haul, probably thousands of dollars.

It completely gutted a Westpac branch on the second floor and was enough to blow out at least eight large panes of glass..

Debris has been spread a 10 metre radius.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,27574,25373501-5006009,00.html

My local bank a few blocks from my workplace got blown up

and exclusive pics of the destruction:

 

[Philipsz]

Like this?

 

[Elantri_X]

I wouldnt be supprised, the last few they've blown up, they've filled them with gas and taken out half the streets windows.

 

[Elantri_X]

Thieves attack ATM - Photos | Express Advocate Gosford Edition more pics of it.

 

[Data]

So you've got exploding ATMs...

But look on the bright side: at least you're safe from guns!

 

[Twi$ta]

its too hard to get into an atm, they will probably just rob a bank sooner or later

 

[Elantri_X]

Bandits blow up two ATMs nice list of recent blasts and an article about the 25 ATM's destroyed.

Luckly I havent needed to get some cash out late at night.

 

[Elantri_X]

So you've got exploding ATMs...

But look on the bright side: at least you're safe from guns!

Shotgun bandits rob armoured van in $1.5 million heist | The Daily Telegraph where I eat nearly everyday, luckly was out at a clients place that day.

And there's too high of a chance of getting caught at a bank, ATM's are open and a lot easier to access as they are just one big safe.

 

[Amadeus]

Over here in Hungary they've been using vans to pull ATMs out of the wall.


I suppose it's easier to fiddle with them at home in peace than on the street.

 

[Odio]

Stealing ATMs is how it is done traditionally. blowing them up is stupid and inefficient.

 

[Elantri_X]

Over here in Hungary they've been using vans to pull ATMs out of the wall.


I suppose it's easier to fiddle with them at home in peace than on the street.

problem is they have tracking devices in them, so unless your van is caged preventing any signals getting out or you know how to take it out before getting home, they'd be able to find you.

 

[Stits]

I don't get it, they blew up the ATM but didn't attempt to steal the contents? They just wanted to destroy them?

 

[Data]

Stealing ATMs is how it is done traditionally. blowing them up is stupid and inefficient.

Sounds like some civil disobedience shit.

 

[Amadeus]

Sounds like some civil disobedience shit.

Or they're just welsh.

 

[DrSupey]

That's slightly retarded.

The polymer money melts soooo easily.


Fire + Money = stupid.


Kind regards
DrSupey

 

[coombz]

So you've got exploding ATMs...

But look on the bright side: at least you're safe from guns!

worst pro-gun argument ever, but also the most commonly used

'all these other things can kill you, so why does it matter that guns are available to any nutjob who desires them?'

'you can get killed just as easily in an accidental car crash blah blah blah'

 

[Elantri_X]

I don't get it, they blew up the ATM but didn't attempt to steal the contents? They just wanted to destroy them?

It's probably because they think that blowing up the ATM's makes them open up the heavy duty safe in them. you could probably blow up the whole bank and it'd still difficult to crank open.

 

[Code4]

I don't get it, they blew up the ATM but didn't attempt to steal the contents? They just wanted to destroy them?

Maybe they are trying to keep the evil ATMs from becoming our overlords

 

[Vanster]

I'm just here to thank TribalWar for referring to them as ATM's. The media still calls them ATM machines and every time they do I hope everyone they love dies horribly.

 

[Elantri_X]

worst pro-gun argument ever, but also the most commonly used

'all these other things can kill you, so why does it matter that guns are available to any nutjob who desires them?'

'you can get killed just as easily in an accidental car crash blah blah blah'

Word.

Guns are small, cheap, easily hidden away, insanely simple to use and deadly... All it takes is some loony to pull the trigger.