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On 2026-04-17, Italian police confirmed that 25 hostages were freed unharmed after a gang robbed a bank in Naples and escaped through a tunnel connected to the city’s sewers. The robbers held staff and customers for about two hours while they emptied safe deposit boxes, then vanished underground, prompting a large search of the sewer network. Investigators are now reviewing bank security and mapping the tunnel system to track the gang and prevent similar heists.