A gang of armed robbers in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars on Monday.
The attackers targeted banks in the small city of Aracatuba in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo early Monday. In a bid to distract law enforcement, the robbers positioned bombs all over the city. One man was seriously injured when the devices were detonated, losing both his feet, according to police. During the confusion the heavily armed robbers held up three banks, taking hostages in the process.
School classes were suspended in the city, which has a population of around 200,000, following the blasts. "They [the criminals] had inside information that one of the banks had a large sum of money, so they went to the city," said Sao Paulo public security secretary Alvaro Batista Camilo to CNN affiliate CNN Brazil.
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