{
  "id": 11328326,
  "title": "Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/crypto-thieves-attack-man-in-home-and-threaten-to-kill-pregnant-wifes-11328326",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T23:45:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Business",
    "slug": "bbc-business",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6eq84eygz0qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A businessman, referred to as James, was brutally attacked and threatened in his home when masked intruders broke in and demanded he transfer cryptocurrency. The attackers beat James with hammers for 45 minutes while his heavily pregnant wife was held down on the sofa, threatened with violence. The couple, who wish to stay anonymous, described the attack as horrific and feared the worst for James and their unborn baby. Detectives are offering a £10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the criminals.",
  "summary": "The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/crypto-thieves-attack-man-in-home-and-threaten-to-kill-pregnant-wifes",
        "published": "2026-10-01T23:45:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}