ATM theft backfires as explosion knocks down robber [Aus]

[OrbitalDawn]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30633723

Police in Australia have released CCTV footage in search of a man who tried to rob an ATM by blowing it up.

The man planted explosives on a cash machine in the city of Darwin, however, his plan went wrong when he was knocked off his feet by the blast.

The ATM was left in a mangled mess, but all the cash remained safely inside.

Police are linking the botched raid with a similar incident on Christmas Eve.

Vid in link.

TIA.

 

[Davush]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30633723



Vid in link.

TIA.

Am I the only person that finds the fact that this happened in "darwin" of all places hilariously ironic?

 

[Ninja'd]

Am I the only person that finds the fact that this happened in "darwin" of all places hilariously ironic?

Nope

 

[SirFooK'nG]

that surely f....d his hand up.

 

[TheGuy]

Question is: is it a South African?

 

[Electron1]

Did they manage to arrest the idiot?

 

[Davush]

Did they manage to arrest the idiot?

Think he's at hogwarts..

 

[Stokstert]

Australians are amateurs at blowing up ATMs, they should hire some of our experts.

 

[nightjar]

Question is: is it a South African?

Doubt it.
Our guys do it right first time.
Maybe SA explosives are better quality.

 

[dunkyd]

Am I the only person that finds the fact that this happened in "darwin" of all places hilariously ironic?

They can walk to the hospital to give him his award....

 

[Hemi300c]

amateurs pfff

 

[CAPS LOCK]

that blast turned his outfit from colour black to blue :wtf:

 

[nightjar]

that blast turned his outfit from colour black to blue :wtf:

A week later and not caught although he must have had bad burns.

The cash in an ATM is stored inside a burglar-resistant container. Among the quickest ways to open one is skillful application of explosives, that is squeezing some liquid explosive between the door and the frame, detonating it to create a small gap where a prybar can be slid in, it's pretty mechanical from there on. The amount required is very small (very little room for it in a real safe; if you have a home safe, especially a gun safe, don't worry, they already have all the gaps a burglar will ever need), but the explosive normally used is nitroglycerin, which is very unstable.

So if you have to open a commercial grade safe, and you're alone, and in a hurry, then yes, explosives are very much the way. But don't worry, this isn't criminal advice, this amount of information will get you precisely where it got the guy in the video.

Here is how the pros do it:
http://warships1discussionboards.yu...ATM-robbery-BLOWS-UP-in-robbers-faceliterally

 

[Magnum]

He wont have burns. Maybe roasted hair. The flames are not hot enough for that duration to melt flesh.
How ever he will be scared shtless of explosives and most probably not use them again, EVER!

His hand would also have had to be clenching the explosives to sustain injuries other than mere shrapnel or pressure related.