In 20 years there have been six attacks on Mondialpol headquarters and armored vehicles in Sardinia

Three attacks on the headquarters of Vedetta 2 Mondialpol in Sassari and three on armored vehicles of the same company not only in the Sassari area, but also in the Nuoro area and in the Cagliari area.

The sequence of criminal precedents that have seen the security institute targeted by a commando who unleashed hell in Sassari is long.

Eight years ago 13 bandits from a heavily armed group managed to steal 10 million euros. It was February 29, 2016, even then at the end of the month just before the payment of pensions and always with the help of an excavator to demolish part of the surrounding wall.

On 31 May 2018 the bandits, this time seven, tried again following the identical methods of the robbery carried out two years earlier in the same institute. Again with an excavator, the criminals knocked down the entrance gate trying to enter the building but the security systems slowed down the action of the gang who had to flee without the loot when the police and carabinieri arrived.

Yesterday the scene was repeated with the large mechanical vehicle which this time did not break through the surrounding wall but was used to transport the money contained in bags outside and then escape with the loot.

Three, all failed, including the raids against the institute's armored vehicles. In December 2003 in the Sassari area, at the crossroads for Monti, about 20 kilometers from Olbia. Eight hooded criminals armed with pistols, machine guns and rifles blocked traffic with tree trunks and bushes tied to the back of two off-road vehicles moments before the arrival of the armored vehicle. However, the driver, suspicious of the sudden traffic jam, sensed the danger by suddenly reversing gear and thus managed to escape the ambush.

In May of the following year, a new attempt was made in the Nuoro area, on state road 389 near the junction for Villagrande. This time too, the bandits blocked the road with tree trunks but one of the two guards who was driving the armored van managed to overcome the blockage. The criminals had fired several rifle shots to try to stop the vehicle and the two officers on board were injured.

On May 31, 2022, another attempt on state road 130 in Domusnovas, in southern Sardinia. Seven bandits had blocked the road with two large cars and shot at the armored vehicle, but the driver had managed to get away. Again the bandits escaped without any money.

(Unioneonline)