He got trapped underground.
A suspected thief who was digging a tunnel with his accomplices in Rome (Italy) to probably rob a bank was buried on Thursday.
After the ceiling collapsed, the man was stuck for about eight hours under the rubble.
“Two men, from Naples, were arrested for resisting a public officer and two others, from Rome, were arrested for the damage caused, one of which is the one who was in the hole and is now in hospital “, said the Carabinieri press service on Friday.
“The investigation is still ongoing, we do not exclude that they are thieves, it is one of the hypotheses”, he added.
A burglary scheduled for August 15?
Thursday, dozens of firefighters were busy around a hole to relieve and get out a man who remained buried under hundreds of kilos of earth and building materials after the collapse of the tunnel.
According to the media, the man and his accomplices, who were arrested near the empty store under which they were digging the tunnel, are suspected of having targeted a nearby bank.
They planned to enter there on the occasion of August 15, the feast of the Assumption, when all of Italy stops.
“Nobody really paid attention because this store had been put up for rent and everyone thought it was being restructured, besides there was no noise,” a resident of the area told Michele. building overlooking the collapsed part of the tunnel.
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