Paraguay bank blown up as gang surround police station to prevent response trends now
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Shocking video footage reveals the moment a bank in the southern Paraguayan province of Itapúa was blown up by a gang of robbers.
The explosion tore through ATM machines and left bills scattered across the ground.
Crooks armed with rifles also blocked off the local police station to prevent cops responding to the explosion and littered the road with nails to stop officers pursuing them by car.
The Paraguayan National Police's chief in Itapúa, Jorge Piñánez, told local outlet ABC that about eight individuals arrived in two vehicles and surrounded a precinct in Kressburgo, a town in the district of Carlos Antonio López.
The heavily armed group did not fire at cops but their presence was enough to prevent officers from responding to the bombing a mile away at a Banco Regional branch on Friday at around 1am local time.
A gang unleashed an attack on a bank in Itapúa, Paraguay, on Friday morning and
