{"id":111355,"date":"2016-01-21T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111355\/prevent-atm-explosions\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T06:32:27","slug":"prevent-atm-explosions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/01\/21\/prevent-atm-explosions\/","title":{"rendered":"ATM explosions a concern for police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of ATM explosions has increased over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind the SAPS have compiled a list of things you need to remember when dealing with a damaged or suspicious looking ATM.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Report the ATM to your local police station if:<\/p>\n<p>q An ATM has been damaged or if any unknown items protrude from it.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>q If smoke or flames are visible at or in the machine, as this is a sure sign of a pending explosion, move away from the ATM immediately before reporting it.<\/p>\n<p>q If there is suspicious activity or people at or near an ATM.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of an ATM explosion it is important to remember that once the charges have been activated there is nothing that can be done to deactivate the explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Shrapnel and debris from an explosion can travel for several hundred metres, for this reason people must be moved away as far as possible and\/or take cover behind something solid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111203\/manhunt-launched-for-alleged-hijackers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manhunt launched for alleged hijackers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111035\/how-much-is-too-much\/\" target=\"_blank\">How much is too much?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111011\/dealing-with-cyber-bullying\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dealing with cyber-bullying<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/111270\/atm-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">ATM safety\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='40c52ce0b566bf16434d113f24e27301'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report damaged or suspicious looking ATMs to your local police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":111545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,989,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-111355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","police","SAPS"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}