【A bank vault in Germany was robbed, with losses amounting to 34 million euros】
On December 30, 2025, Berlin time, the German newspaper Bild wrote in a press release:
The vault of the Sparkasse bank in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, was robbed by unknown persons, who stole money and valuable items from individual safe deposit boxes. The loss caused by the crime is estimated to be about 34 million euros.
The thieves drilled a large hole in the wall of the bank and finally entered the vault of the Gelsenkirchen bank. Then they took everything they could get from the safe deposit boxes and disappeared. There are about 3,300 safe deposit boxes of different sizes in the bank vault. These safe deposit boxes were rented to 2,700 customers, some of whom rented multiple safe deposit boxes, with each safe deposit box having a maximum value of up to 10,300 euros.
Starting from Monday, at least 200 angry customers gathered at the bank branch. They demanded full information about the incident and the compensation they were entitled to. However, the bank management has so far refused to contact the victims. Therefore, some of them began to independently try to enter the closed lobby of the branch. Police have arrived on site to prevent the situation from escalating further.
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