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Mainz / Weißenthurm (dpa / lrs) - Unknown perpetrators blew up two ATMs in Mainz and Weissenthurm (Mayen-Koblenz district) early on Saturday morning.
It was initially unclear whether the acts were related.
Both explosions took place around the same time.
In Weißenthurm, the police started a search for the perpetrators at around 3:30 a.m.
No one was injured in the demolition, as a police spokesman said.
The exact circumstances and whether the perpetrators were able to steal money was initially unclear.
When the alarm was triggered, the police became aware of the crime.
The second demolition occurred in the Upper City of Mainz at around 3.45 a.m., as the officials in the state capital announced.
There, too, they were made aware of the crime by a triggered alarm.
Nobody was injured when the bank branch was blown up, it was said.
The perpetrators fled.
In this case, too, initially nothing was known about the prey.
There was damage to the building.
Investigators secured traces.
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Notification of the blast in Weißenthurm