Man Killed After Trying to Blow up a Condom Machine

Seriously, they're not that expensive.

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It goes without saying kids—always use protection. And if you don’t have any on you, go and use the machine in the toilet. There’s no excuse.  Just don’t be a tight-ass and actually put some coin in the machine. Don’t do what a gang of three German robbers did on Christmas Day: try and blow up the condom machine, accidentally killing one of them in the process.

They tried to pull off the heist by placing a home-made bomb in the machine in the town of Schoppingen, northwest Germany, and then quickly retreating to their car. However, they failed to shut the car doors in time, and a 29 year-old member of the group was killed when a shard of steel flying from the explosion struck him in the head. His accomplices initially told medical staff that he’d fallen down some stairs, but later admitted the truth to police after he died in hospital. The two were arrested, and then subsequently released, and police confirmed that no money was stolen from the machine.

[via BBC]

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