Riga, Latvia: Police in the Baltic state of Latvia assured the public today that a pre-dawn blast in the capital, Riga, was not a terrorist attack but a botched attempt to blow up and rob a cash machine by filling it with natural gas.
The incident, which left one of the suspected robbers dead and the other one in critical condition, occurred at around 4 am in the suburb of Bolderaja.
An anti-terrorism unit quickly established that the blast was related to criminal ineptitude, not terrorism.
Grisins said that the blast appeared to have happened before the gang could pump all the gas into the ATM. As a result, the gas cylinder that the two were carrying blew up by accident.
The incident, which left one of the suspected robbers dead and the other one in critical condition, occurred at around 4 am in the suburb of Bolderaja.
An anti-terrorism unit quickly established that the blast was related to criminal ineptitude, not terrorism.
Grisins said that the blast appeared to have happened before the gang could pump all the gas into the ATM. As a result, the gas cylinder that the two were carrying blew up by accident.
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