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Condom machine explosion ends fatally in Germany

A suspected robber has been killed while blasting open a condom dispenser in western Germany. The man was with two other accomplices.

It emerged on Monday that at Schöppingen, a town in northwestern Germany, a bid by three suspects to blow open an automatic dispenser (pictured above) containing condoms and money had ended fatally for a 29-year-old on Christmas Day.

Despite sheltering in a get-away car, he was hit on the head by a flying piece of metal. The car's passenger door had been left open, police said.

Attempts to reanimate the unconscious man failed after his suspected accomplices brought him to hospital in the neighboring German city of Ahaus, near the Dutch border.

The dispenser was destroyed. Police found the wares and money stillThe policeman had the bar under surveillance a few minutes before closing
time, so he could see who comes out drunk.

The first one out the door at 2:00 o'clock weaved down the sidewalk, then
fell on the curb. Sluggishly got up, then tried his keys in five cars
before
finding his own car.

Once inside his car, he fumbled with his keys for 2 or 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, all the club patrons had gotten into their cars and driven
away,
leaving this one fellow quite alone in the parking lot.
Finally, he got his car started and began to very slowly drive away.
Immediately, the police car was behind him with lights flashing.
The policeman asked the man to take a breathalyser test, to which he
readily agreed.

When the reading was 0.0%, the policeman said, "How can this be?"

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