Multi-million Celtic hoard stolen from museum in southern Germany

A group of unknown persons carried out a robbery at the

(southern

Bavarian

police reported on Tuesday .

The treasure was considered the

and had been found in 1999 near Manching.

"The robbery must have taken place in the morning hours. It was a classic procedure, as one can imagine in a bad movie," said a spokesman for the

Museum workers, however, only later noticed the theft.

the night before

in Manching, affecting 13,000 telephone and internet users in the region.

With this the possibilities of communicating with the police had been interrupted as well as the automatic connection of the museum's alarm system with the authorities.

Problems with mobile phone networks also arose in the same region.

"The museum is actually a high-security building but communications with the police were cut off,"

Manching mayor

who sees a link between the two events , told the

"This is the work of professional thieves."

he added she.

described

the loss of the Celtic treasure as a catastrophe.

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