Overview
- Three masked men held about 25 people at a Crédit Agricole branch in Naples, a Thursday robbery that ended two hours later when police freed the hostages.
- The suspects escaped through a tunnel into the sewer system and fled with items taken from dozens of safe‑deposit boxes.
- Outside, crowds watched firefighters break windows to evacuate people, and emergency teams treated at least six for shock.
- Police mounted a broad manhunt with sniffer dogs, sewer inspections and forensic work, and a flown‑in Carabinieri special unit later breached the bank after the suspects had slipped away.
- Investigators have not put a value on the haul because banks do not record what clients store in private boxes, which makes losses hard to tally and trace.