Explosive device damages ATM in Woburn, Massachusetts

An explosive device was allegedly used to gain access to an ATM in Woburn, Massachusetts on Thursday morning. Local, state, and federal investigators were collecting evidence at the plaza on Mishuwam Road throughout the day.

Woburn police went to the Eastern Bank branch at about 9 a.m. after receiving a report of a prior tampering of the exterior ATM.

Store managers and employees had arrived to their businesses to find plastic and metal debris, and the damaged ATM in their shared parking lot. Woburn police said the damage was from “an unknown destructive device or a pipe bomb.”

“Yeah, it was kind of shocking,” said Peter Tran, who manages the Vietnamese restaurant immediately beside the ATM. “I just saw the ATM was pretty messed up. Debris all over the place in front of my restaurant too. Somebody must have tried to blow it up.”

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