North Rhine-Westphalia: ATM in a department store blown up: perpetrators fled

Gelsenkirchen (dpa / lnw) - Unknown persons blew up an ATM in a department store in Gelsenkirchen on Wednesday night. There was major damage to the building, including a glass facade that was damaged, said a police spokesman in Gelsenkirchen. A search for the perpetrators was initially unsuccessful. According to the spokesman, the crime scene was in the Erle district, isolated from residential buildings, so there were initially no witnesses. It was initially unclear whether and how much money was stolen.