US EditionNaples Bank Robbers Hold 25 People Hostage Then Vanish Through Tunnel
Police said the robbers fled through a tunnel after holding 25 people hostage for two hours and seized contents from safe-deposit boxes.
- On Thursday, three armed robbers held 25 people hostage at a French Credit Agricole bank in Naples, Italy, for two hours before escaping through a tunnel, a police source told AFP.
- Three suspects, one of whom 'was certainly armed,' entered the bank at 11:30 am, prompting Italian police to deploy special forces members urgently flown in from Tuscany.
- Naples Prefect Michele di Bari stated all hostages were freed shortly after 1:30 pm without serious injuries, while one hostage told Fanpage the robbers 'did not use violence.'
- Police broke windows to enter the building while firemen helped hostages climb out; six people in a state of shock received medical assistance following the standoff.
- It remains unclear whether the thieves escaped with any loot, as Fanpage reported investigators cannot yet quantify the value because robbers may have seized personal safety deposit boxes.
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It looks like a scenario from a Hollywood movie. Several armed men robbed a bank in Naples yesterday afternoon and took 25 people hostage. The perpetrators managed to escape through a hole in the ground. The hostages have been freed, but the perpetrators remain at large.
Drama in Naples: Three armed robbers entered a bank in broad daylight and took 25 hostages. In a real movie-style action, everyone was rescued two hours later, but the three were never found. They are believed to have escaped through the sewers.
Moments of tension in front of Crédit Agricole's branch office in Piazza Gold Medals after the shot scored by a gang of robbers, then escaped
Manhunt in search of the bandits, at least three, who yesterday, carried out a resounding robbery at the branch of Credite Agricole in Piazza Medaglie d'Oro in the neighborhood of Vomero in Naples. (ANSA)
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