Peter's lo-fi ramblings

German robbers blow up bank

Some charmingly inept robbers have completely demolished a bank in Malliss in Germany by somewhat miscalculating the amount of explosives needed.

Despite the devastation, the ATM remained intact and the miscreants presumably made off with nothing of value. Cue the Michael Caine impression "you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" etc. 

Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10161486.stm

 

Groups I founded
After hours 34 members
Finextra site news 10 members
Video extravaganza 17 members
Going green 30 members
Groups I belong to
After hours : Peter Roberts : 34 members
Finextra site news : Peter Roberts : 10 members
Whatever... : Steve Ellis : 44 members
Cringeworthy marketing gallery : Peter Roberts : 28 members
EBAday : Paul Penrose : 145 members
Video extravaganza : Peter Roberts : 17 members
Finextra@Sibos : Paul Penrose : 51 members
Going green : Peter Roberts : 30 members
Finexpo : Paul Penrose : 33 members
Women in Technology : Maggie Berry : 22 members