Overview
- The break-in, carried out in the night leading into Easter Monday, saw thieves force open a locked gate and remove a freestanding safe.
- Police said the safe held about €5,000 in cash and that the perpetrators have not been identified.
- Investigators believe a vehicle was used to move the heavy safe and urge witnesses to contact Speyer police at +49 6232 1370 or pispeyer@polizei.rlp.de.
- The diocese declined to explain why the cash was stored or whose money it was, citing the active investigation and the risk of revealing details only the culprits would know.
- A freestanding safe is not built into a wall and relies on weight and floor or wall anchors for security, a point that highlights how removing it likely required planning and transport.