Four-Minute Heist Strips Villena Bronze Age Hoard from Spanish Museum
TL;DR
Thieves used a diversion and a false alarm to breach MUVI in Villena, stealing 59 Bronze Age pieces (gold, silver, iron and amber) and three crowns in under four minutes; authorities suspect a professional, coordinated operation, with the haul valued at around €1.5 million.
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- Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist BBC
- Ancient gold treasures stolen from Spanish museum in "super-fast" raid CBS News
- Bronze age treasure stolen in four-minute Spanish museum heist The Guardian
- Spanish Heist Sees Bronze Age Gold Stolen in Under Four Minutes Bloomberg
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