This is the shocking scene of devastation left after a village post office was completely obliterated when thieves armed with gas canisters targeted it this morning.

Locals living close to the post office in Shirehampton, Bristol, were woken by a huge bang at around 2.15am today.

The incident was the latest in a series of 20-plus raids on ATMs in the same area in the last year.

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