Armed robbers hold 25 people hostage at Naples bank before fleeing through hole in floor

<p>Thieves believed to have escaped into sewers after holding staff and customers in Crédit Agricole branch for two hours</p><p>Armed robbers held 25 people hostage at a bank in Naples for two hours on Thursday, before fleeing through a tunnel.</p><p>The three thieves entered a branch of Crédit Agricole in the southern Italian city at about 11.30am, taking hostage staff and customers, who were freed by police a couple of hours later.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/armed-robbers-hostages-naples-bank-flee-hole-floor-sewers">Continue reading...</a>