Newscasts - Thieves drill into German bank vault and make off with millions
30/12/2025 22:09
Click the following link to watch video: https://share.newscasts.refinitiv.com/link?entryId=1_q1ou2vvb&referenceId=tag:reuters.com,2025:newsml_RW322830122025RP1_K15&pageId=Newscasts Source: 'Reuters - General news videos' Description: Thieves used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a German retail bank and make off with millions of dollars' worth of money and valuables from customers' deposit boxes, police said on Tuesday (December 30). Kristy Kilburn reports. Short Link: https://lseg.group/4pjQsi3 Video Transcript: Customers of a German bank chant “let us in†after thieves robbed the branch and made off with more than $10 million worth of money and valuables, police said on Tuesday. The perpetrators used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a Sparkasse bank in the city of Gelsenkirchen and then broke into several thousand safe deposit boxes, police said. Most shops and banks in Germany closed starting on December 24 for the Christmas period. Police only discovered the hole after a fire alarm went off on Monday. Outside the branch, angry customers said they weren’t getting any information and that they wanted to know which safe deposit boxes were affected. This customer said his box contained retirement savings. This one said his held lots of money and jewelry. A Sparkasse Bank spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Police said witnesses have reported that they saw several men on Saturday night carrying large bags in the stairwell of an adjacent parking garage.