Four-minute heist wipes out Bronze Age gold trove in Villena museum
TL;DR
Thieves raided the MUVI Villena Museum in Alicante in about four minutes, taking a large portion of the Treasure of Villena—Bronze Age gold artifacts dating to around 1000 BC, including rings, bowls and bracelets. The raid followed a diversion and alarms were triggered, with authorities still determining exactly how many items were stolen as security teams review the incident; the loss marks another high-profile museum theft in Europe.
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