ATM Blown Up at Berlin U-Bahn Station Gneisenaustraße, Closing It for Nearly Three Hours

In the early hours of Monday, two unidentified men entered U-Bahn station Gneisenaustraße in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. According to police, they first sprayed paint over the station's surveillance cameras, then pumped gas into a freestanding ATM on the platform and detonated it. The machine was left severely damaged. Police began investigating at 4:20 a.m. and the station was closed to passengers during that time. According to the BVG, trains ran through Gneisenaustraße without stopping until 7:00 a.m. — a closure of just under three hours in total. Police said they were unable to provide an estimate of the property damage, and it also remained unclear whether the two suspects managed to steal any cash from the machine.