Brazen robbery in Sofia. Masked men broke into and stole a cash terminal from a 24-hour grocery store in the Lyulin district early this morning. There are no casualties. The perpetrators are being sought.
The men were wearing hoods, dark clothes and masks. First they misted two of the security cameras with spray, then they broke into the store, ripped out the cash terminal and loaded it into the car that was waiting for them out front. According to witnesses, there were about BGN 20,000 in the device, he reported Bulgaria ON AIR.
According to one of the employees, many people use the cash terminal.
“It’s the only terminal that’s in all of Lyulin. They use it to pay bills, load cards. It was secured to the ground with four big screws. They got it by shaking it a few times, of course they’re going to crack it he explained.
With the help of a ladder, the attackers managed to block the door in front of the cash terminal. There were two night shift employees in the facility at that time. They make an attempt to report the trespass, but the robbery is done in less than a minute.
“They were very scared, they tried to press the panic button, but the SOT was silenced,” said the employee.
Customers of the commercial outlet claim that it is the first time that it has become the object of such an attack.
The perpetrators are still being sought.
