Bomb Outside Bank Damages 3 ATMs
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VALLEJO, Calif. — An explosion outside a bank damaged three automated teller machines early Sunday. It was the second bomb found in this Northern California city in as many days.
No one was injured, and no money was taken from the ATMs at the Wells Fargo Bank after the explosion at about 3 a.m., police said.
They offered no motive, but said robbery was a possibility. “If that was the intent--to get the money--he failed to do so,” Lt. Reggie Garcia said.
Police said the device was powerful enough to have caused injuries.
On Saturday, children playing near a library three miles from the bank found 30 sticks of dynamite and some wires. Authorities evacuated a post office and restaurant and briefly closed a highway before dismantling the device.
Had it gone off, the bomb would have heavily damaged the library and restaurant and injured those inside, police said.
The motive was unclear. But authorities said the lower floor of the library is also the evidence section for the Vallejo Police Department.
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