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Naples Bank Robbers Hold 25 People Hostage Then Vanish Through Tunnel
Police said the robbers fled through a tunnel after holding 25 people hostage for two hours and seized contents from safe-deposit boxes.
- On Thursday, three armed robbers held 25 people hostage at a French Credit Agricole bank in Naples, Italy, for two hours before escaping through a tunnel, a police source told AFP.
- Three suspects, one of whom 'was certainly armed,' entered the bank at 11:30 am, prompting Italian police to deploy special forces members urgently flown in from Tuscany.
- Naples Prefect Michele di Bari stated all hostages were freed shortly after 1:30 pm without serious injuries, while one hostage told Fanpage the robbers 'did not use violence.'
- Police broke windows to enter the building while firemen helped hostages climb out; six people in a state of shock received medical assistance following the standoff.
- It remains unclear whether the thieves escaped with any loot, as Fanpage reported investigators cannot yet quantify the value because robbers may have seized personal safety deposit boxes.
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Over two dozen held hostage in Italian bank robbery
More than two dozen people were held hostage in a bank in Naples, Italy, according to Italian news agency La Presse. The hostages were held for about an hour and a half in an incident that happened around 12:30pm on Thursday. A nationwide search is underway for three or four robbers who escaped through a tunnel and into the sewers, the Naples prosecutor general told CNN.
An assault in broad daylight in central Naples exposed an unusual operation for its execution and scope. Three masked men broke into a branch of the Crédit Agricole bank and, after taking customers and employees hostage, managed to empty numerous safety boxes before fleeing without being arrested.
Manhunt in search of the bandits, at least three, who yesterday, carried out a resounding robbery at the branch of Credite Agricole in Piazza Medaglie d'Oro in the district of Vomero
What began as an assault on a bank in Naples this Thursday has ended up becoming a criminal film operation.The day after the robbery and the holding of 30 hostages, the Italian authorities have confirmed that the robbers have managed to escape through a tunnel and, for the moment, they are still at large.Everything points to the fact that, once they took the booty, the thieves used their own sewage system to get out of the building, which was he…
Italy: 25 hostages freed as Naples bank gang vanishes underground
A group of three masked robbers held 25 people hostage during a bank heist in Naples on Thursday 16 April 2026 before escaping through a tunnel connected to the city’s sewer network, authorities said.
Video. Italy: 25 hostages freed as Naples bank gang vanishes underground
Video. A group of three masked robbers held 25 people hostage during a bank heist in Naples on Thursday 16 April 2026 before escaping through a tunnel connected to the city’s sewer network, authorities said.
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