
The explosion that wrecked the ATM in La Herradura in the early hours of Tuesday the 10th was the work of a gang that specialises in this kind of robbery; this is the sixth in the province this month.
A man went into a bank branch in Barcelona, stabbed the female bank manager several times and then fled, only to throw himself off a fly-over bridge.
Since 2008 the amount that banks charge for card users belonging to other banking entities has doubled. Some are now charging over four euros in commission and even a percentage on top.
Inocencia L.P. from Almassora in Castellón, Valencia, set light to herself in her branch of the Caixa bank, which resulted in burns to 48% of her body
A young man in Málaga, completely financially ruined, decided to stomp into a bank, armed with a stick and demand to be arrested – “it’s a hold up,” he shouted. But it wasn’t. Read on.
Some daylight was stolen… no, hang on, 1 million euros were stolen from a bank in Pontevedra by an employee in charge of debt-collection.
Two articles from our February World Section. One about fighting clergy and the other about a gang of bank robbers who didn’t quite get what they came for…
It never crossed the mind of small businessman, Antonio Ruiz, that something like this could happen to him; but it has. One moment he was on top of the world, and the next he had been stripped of all he possessed – the bank took the lot: his business (Cuadros San Sebastian) his work shop, his house… and even the houses of his two offspring… they even took his grandchildren’s bicycles!
The Policía Nacional arrested a 27-year-man after he wrecked his bank branch because he was annoyed that he had no money in his account. Oh, and he also issued death threats to the staff, for good measure.