Moment Brazilian gang blows up entire grocery store while trying to steal its two ATMs 


Moment Brazilian gang blows up entire grocery store while trying to steal its two ATMs

  • A security camera near a grocery store in Bahía, Brazil, recorded the moment a gang blew up the shop while trying to rob two ATMs Monday morning
  • Debris and rubble was seen flying in the wake of the blast, which caused a nearby car’s alarm to go off  
  • A gunman opened fire at an unknown target before the store’s metal gate was blown off  
  • The incident is the 21 attack against the financial sector in the northeastern state of Bahia in 2021

Shocking surveillance camera footage captures the moment a gang of robbers blew up a Brazilian grocery store while trying to steal its two ATMs. 

The footage shows the men arriving in two cars outside a supermarket in Salvador, Bahía, on Monday at 3:20 am local time. 

An armed man fired a couple of shots with the military rifle he was toting at an unknown target across the street from the shop located in the Salvador neighborhood of Mussurunga.

His accomplice could then be seen in the background placing what appeared to be an explosive device. 

A surveillance camera captures the shocking moment a grocery store was blown up by a gang in Bahía, Brazil, on Monday, while a gang of robbers tried to steal its two ATMs

A surveillance camera captures the shocking moment a grocery store was blown up by a gang in Bahía, Brazil, on Monday, while a gang of robbers tried to steal its two ATMs

The rubble of the ruined shop can be seen after Monday morning's blast. The robbers were unable to steal the ATMs they came to target, and fled empty-handed

The rubble of the ruined shop can be seen after Monday morning’s blast. The robbers were unable to steal the ATMs they came to target, and fled empty-handed  

Moments later, the explosion sent the grocery store’s security gate flying across the opposite sidewalk.

Despite the massive blast, newspaper A Tarde reported that the thieves were unable to extract the money from the cash dispensing machines.

No arrests had been made as of Monday afternoon.

The Bahia Banking Union said the blast is the first incident in May after a total of 21 similar attacks against banks and and other financial institutions in the state were reported during the first four months of 2021.

The previous explosion took place Friday at 3:20am when a gang took a pedestrian hostage and blew up a Caixa Econômica Federal agency in the Salvador town of Largo do Tanque.

A gunman holds a military rifle before firing at an unknown target. Moments later, an accomplice appeared to place an explosive device that blew up a shop's security gate and destroyed two ATMs

A gunman holds a military rifle before firing at an unknown target. Moments later, an accomplice appeared to place an explosive device that blew up a shop’s security gate and destroyed two ATMs

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