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The Canadian Press

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Police tape marks a crime scene in this file photo.JOHN LEHMANN

Would-be thieves ripped the facade off a building in east-end Montreal Monday evening in a failed bid to steal an automatic banking machine.

The machine remains anchored inside a credit union in a strip mall in the Point-aux-Trembles neighbourhood.

Police say the attempted robbery occurred at about 10:40 p.m., adding the bandits left behind a cable used to try to snatch the device.

Police also say that about 15 minutes before the attempted theft, a vehicle was set ablaze in the same neighbourhood. The bandits apparently lit the fire to create a diversion.

No arrests have been made as police look at surveillance-camera tape to assist in the investigation.

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