Borchen (dpa / lnw) - On Friday night, an ATM in a bank branch in Borchen (Paderborn district) was blown up. The police in Paderborn announced that there was major damage to property, which is provisionally estimated at a six-digit sum. No one was injured in the explosion. After that, at least three alleged perpetrators fled the scene of the crime in a car at high speed towards Autobahn 33. The amount of the loot has not yet been determined, it said.
Several residents were torn from their sleep by two detonations in quick succession. Witnesses immediately alerted the police. The crime scene area was heavily fogged. Witnesses saw two men in the area of the crime scene, a third man was waiting in a dunked getaway car with the engine running.
The bank was badly damaged by the force of the explosions, police said. Furnishings and window panes were thrown into a courtyard. Some debris flew onto the street, damaging two parked cars. The police immediately launched a search for the suspects, with the support of officers from Bielefeld, traces were secured at the crime scene.
