{"id":2941,"date":"2026-02-15T15:37:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:37:46","slug":"thieves-raid-german-bank-just-months-after-huge-raid-in-nearby-city-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2941","title":{"rendered":"Thieves raid German bank just months after huge raid in nearby city | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Police in Germany are appealing for witnesses after thieves broke into the basement of a bank and stole from customer safety deposit boxes. <\/p>\n<p>Three individuals, who are thought to be men, were seen wearing blue overalls and walking from a Volksbank branch in Stuhr, northwestern <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/germany-5934\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a><\/strong>, at around 1.20pm on Friday (13 February), authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the trio were walking towards a dark car, but witnesses have so far said they aren&#8217;t sure whether they got in and drove away or walked past.<\/p>\n<p>The break-in comes just months after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/thieves-drill-into-german-bank-vault-to-steal-valuables-worth-tens-of-millions-of-euros-13488710#:~:text=Thieves%20drill%20into%20German%20bank,euros%20%7C%20World%20News%20%7C%20Sky%20News\" target=\"_blank\">a huge heist in the city of Gelsenkirchen<\/a><\/strong>, a two-and-a-half-hour train journey from Stuhr.<\/p>\n<p>A gang of thieves took advantage of the Christmas holidays and drilled into a vault to steal millions of pounds worth of valuables.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video\" data-testid=\"site-video\">\n<div class=\"ui-video-player\" data-component-name=\"ui-video-player\" 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