First indictment after blowing up ATMs in Switzerland

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has brought charges for the first time after an ATM was blown up. Accordingly, a 30-year-old Romanian has to answer before the federal criminal court. He is said to have blown up a machine in Sevelen SG 2019 and stole almost 127,000 francs.

According to a statement from Thursday, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office accuses the accused of being exposed to explosives and poisonous gases with criminal intent. In addition, he is said to have been guilty of qualified theft and qualified property damage.

The man I accepted injuries to people and damage to third-party property, the message said. In the act, according to the indictment, property damage for around 100,000 francs occurred on the facade of the multi-storey commercial and residential building concerned. Nobody was injured in the incident.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office wants your criminal complaints at the main hearing at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona TI. When this would take place was initially open.

Around 30 other cases

The accused residing in Romania was in Austria in June 2020 according to an international arrest warrant been arrested. In August he was extradited to Switzerland and arrested. He has been in early prison since 2021.

ATM blasts have taken place in Switzerland in the past two Years to. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office recently led criminal proceedings in around 30 cases. The federal authority is responsible for attacks on ATMs if explosives are used.

The perpetrator often act across canton and state borders, said the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. The procedures are correspondingly complex. Many investigations would have to take place on the way of international legal assistance.

The last time it came at the beginning of September the city of Zurich to an ATM demolition. Strangers blew up an ATM at the zoo one night. According to the police, the explosion caused property damage amounting to tens of thousands of francs. Individual parts of the device were thrown several meters away. The perpetrators fled without prey.

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