Large-scale operation: ATM at Zurich Zoo blown up
Unknown perpetrators blew up an ATM at the main entrance of Zurich Zoo at 2:30 a.m. on Friday. However, the perpetrators fled immediately. In addition to the Kapo Zurich, Kapo Aargau and the Zurich city police, the fire department and forensic experts were also on duty.
Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Friday, September 3, 2021, an ATM was blown up at the main entrance of Zurich Zoo. According to the Zurich Cantonal Police, however, the perpetrators fled without loot in a dark passenger car. Property damage of several tens of thousands of francs was caused. According to the Kapo, the parts of the ATM were hurled several meters away.
The search for the perpetrators, which was immediately initiated, has so far been unsuccessful. At the moment, further investigations are being taken up by detectives of the Zurich City Police. In addition to the Kapo Zurich, the Zurich City Police and the Kapo Aargau, the fire department of Schutz & Rettung Zurich and the Forensic Institute Zurich were also in action.
The Zurich cantonal police are asking people who made observations at 2:30 a.m. near Zurichbergstrasse at the main entrance to the zoo to contact the Zurich city police (on 0 444 117 117).
Source: Zurich Cantonal Police
