Monday, July 4, 2016

An ATM was targeted by thives with explosive in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia




An ATM was targeted with some kind of explosive early Monday in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia. (WPVI)





Monday, July 04, 2016 07:32AM
STRAWBERRY MANSION (WPVI) -- An automated teller machine (ATM) appears to have been targeted with an explosive in Strawberry Mansion.

It happened at 4 a.m. Monday in the 2500 block of Lehigh Avenue.

Action News is told officers responded to the sound of a loud explosion.

They arrived to find the ATM outside the Hair After barber shop heavily damaged.

The blast was so strong police found parts of the ATM scattered on Lehigh Avenue.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

It was unclear if any cash was stolen from the machine.

An investigation is underway.