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All details of unsuccessful attempt to blow up VTB Bank (Armenia) ATM already known

YEREVAN, March 10. /ARKA/. The investigation launched into an attempted bombing of an ATM at the forth branch of VTB Bank (Armenia) in Baghramyan Avenue, is already completed, the press office of the Special Investigation Agency reported on Thursday.

According to the press release, all the circumstances of this offence are already known and offenders will be prosecuted.

In particular, it has become known that Erik Hakobyan, chief specialist at the alert group of Hrazdan penal establishment, along with his friends Simon Simonyan and Arthur Hoseyan, have invented a detailed scheme for blowing up the ATM.

On December 16, 2016, at 04:00, they came to the bank’s branch with an electric battery, rubber hoses and a cable and with their faced covered by plastic bags and tried to blow up the ATM with 29,904,000 drams in it. However, their attempt failed.

After several unsuccessful attempts they ran away leaving their tools on the scene. –0—

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