Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist
Thieves have stolen jewellery and artifacts from one of the most important prehistoric gold collections at a museum in the Spanish province of Alicante.
Thieves broke into the Spanish museum housing the Treasure of Villena, a prehistoric gold collection, in a swift and professional four-minute heist. The museum's alarm system activated at 05:20, but not before the intruders had made off with rings, bowls, and bracelets, described as the "largest part of the treasure." Mayor Fulgencio Cerdán expressed devastation over the theft, stating that the village's heritage had been "destroyed" as the items, dating back to around 1,000 BC, were invaluable.
Police are still determining the exact number of stolen items. This incident follows a string of high-profile museum robberies in Europe, including a daylight robbery of $102m in jewelry from the Louvre in Paris last year, and the theft of Renaissance masterpieces from a Sicilian museum the previous week.
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