Germany to Close Bank Foyers at Night After ATM Bombing Spree
A savings bank branch is closed off by police after an ATM was blown up in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Germans will no longer be able to withdraw money at night from ATMs in bank foyers thanks to a surge in cash-machine bombings.
The number of attacks on ATMs using explosives surged 125% last year compared with 2020 to 250 and officials said Tuesday that the rising trend probably continued this year. Thieves have increasingly used solid explosive to blow open cash machines rather than gas.