From the CIC bank ATM located in the city center of Carhaix (29), rue des Martyrs, there is nothing left. The gaping hole and the large black marks suggest the scale of the explosion caused – according to our information, by a gas cylinder – to open the machine, on the night of Saturday December 7 to Sunday December 8. The bank's entrance hall was also completely destroyed. “There was a huge explosion, around 3 a.m., which woke up the neighborhood. They were the ones who called the gendarmes,” explained Captain Favennec, commander of the Châteaulin company, this Sunday morning.
Firefighters and Psig on site
Around twenty firefighters, from Carhaix, Maël-Carhaix (22) and Rostrenen (22), were mobilized for a good part of the night. The fire, which was quite large, caused no injuries but caused heavy smoke. A security perimeter was installed during the intervention. Around fifteen gendarmes, including the Psig, who arrived first on the scene, were also there.
On this Sunday morning, they were still in the neighborhood to collect testimonies from local residents. Because the perpetrator(s) of this heist have, for the moment, not been found or identified. As for the amount of the loot, it is not yet known. “The damage is currently being assessed,” only indicates Captain Favennec.
The Savings Bank also targeted
The investigation was entrusted to the Châteaulin company. The gendarmes will inevitably make the link with another attempt to break up a cash machine, which took place on the night of Wednesday December 4 to Thursday December 5, around 4 a.m., also in the city center of Carhaix . It was the Savings Bank on rue du Général-Lambert which was targeted but the attempt failed.
-Two ATMs targeted in the same week, this necessarily raises questions for investigators, but also for residents. At the florist, as well as at the Le Guettary bar, not far from the CIC bank, the two facts were in the conversations while a lady, who lives in the street, said she had been awakened from her sleep by the sound of an explosion. , in the night.
On the police side, we concentrate on investigative work. For the moment, no one is talking about a serial phenomenon. No other incident of this type has been reported in Brittany in recent days.
