Rats break into Indian ATM and eat cash worth £13,000

Shredded bank notes discovered after cash machine stops working in Assam state

India
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Rats have eaten their way throughout more than 1m rupees of banknotes after entering a cash machine in north-east India.

Staff at the State Bank of India called technicians after the cash machine stopped working, according to Times of India.

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