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German bank 'blown up by robbers in botched raid'
BBC News ^ | May 26, 2010

Posted on 05/26/2010 6:05:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Suspected robbers in Germany appear to have miscalculated the quantity of explosives needed to blow their way into a rural bank.

The building housing the bank in the northern village of Malliss was largely destroyed by an overnight explosion.

The bank's cash machine survived intact and the suspected thieves are not thought to have made away with any money, Germany's Welt Online reported.

No-one was injured, though the blast damaged nearby cars and buildings.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/26/2010 6:05:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Too much dynamite there Butch..


2 posted on 05/26/2010 6:06:13 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

My first thought, too.


3 posted on 05/26/2010 6:11:51 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!


4 posted on 05/26/2010 6:13:00 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: GSP.FAN

Thanks I knew there ws something said about the dynamite ...

Who said that Butch of Sundance ???


5 posted on 05/26/2010 6:16:11 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana

Michael Caine from “The Italian Job”..:>)
In answer to your question Sundance to Butch..


6 posted on 05/26/2010 6:19:31 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: GSP.FAN
Lol. Beat me to it.

"You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!"

7 posted on 05/26/2010 6:31:37 PM PDT by john in springfield
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“she blowed up real good”


8 posted on 05/26/2010 6:33:09 PM PDT by mo
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To: mo
He blowed hisself up

Turn the speakers up a little.

9 posted on 05/26/2010 6:50:32 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Hillbillary

sheesh!!!At least he did’nt ask anybody to “hold my beer ya’ll” first!! He wouldna lived otherwise...


10 posted on 05/26/2010 6:56:30 PM PDT by mo
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To: john in springfield

One of my fav Michael Caine movies....Looking forward to Harry Brown..;>)


11 posted on 05/26/2010 8:56:19 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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