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Commando Assaults Two Armored Vans on BrindisiLecce Highway After Road Blockade

Police probe a coordinated ambush that recalls a 2024 heist on the same route.

Overview

  • Attackers set a heavy truck ablaze at the Tuturano junction to block both carriageways.
  • At least four assailants reportedly used Kalashnikovs to strafe the Battistolli cash-in-transit vehicles.
  • The guards were forced out of the vans, which were then blown up during the assault.
  • A pursuit reached the Squinzano area, where gunfire was exchanged with Carabinieri.
  • Firefighters, police and 118 crews responded, with no confirmed arrests, casualties or haul reported so far.