Attack on armored vehicles in the Foggia area, gang uses explosives and Kalashnikovs

They used explosives to blow up the door of the armored vehicle that was attacked this morning shortly after 8.30 in the province of Foggia.

The robbers, at least four of them with their faces covered, also fired numerous shots from Kalashnikovs and sprinkled the asphalt with three-pointed nails.

To block the road, they then set fire to two cars and placed a stolen bus across the opposite lane to delay the arrival of the police.

The van attacked while traveling along state road 16 in the stretch between Cerignola and San Ferdinando di Puglia, towards Foggia, belongs to the Battistolli company.

The bandits would have managed to take away the money but the loot remains to be quantified.

The police are investigating.

The police and firefighters intervened on site.