Thieves use explosives to steal Romanian prehistoric artefacts

Thieves utilized explosives to interruption into a depository successful the Netherlands and bargain respective Romanian prehistoric artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old golden helmet.

They blasted unfastened a doorway astatine the Drents Museum successful the northeastern metropolis of Assen and made disconnected with the coagulated golden Geto-Dacian artefacts aboriginal connected Saturday morning.

The stolen objects see the aureate helmet of Cotofanesti, which dates from astir 450 BCE, and 3 Dacian royal bracelets dated to 50 BCE. They were portion of an accumulation astir the Dacian empire, which was situated successful present-day Romania.

The items were connected indebtedness to the depository and beryllium to the National History Museum successful the Romanian superior Bucharest.

"This is simply a acheronian time for the Drents Museum successful Assen and the National History Museum of Romania successful Bucharest," Drents Museum wide manager Harry Tupan said.

"In its 170-year existence, determination has ne'er been specified a large incident."

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof had assured him the authorities were taking "all indispensable measures to place the suspects and retrieve the artefacts".

The stolen Dacian bracelets were among astir a twelve recovered by authorities aft they were initially looted from the ruins of Dacian fortresses successful Romania and sold disconnected connected the achromatic marketplace successful the 1990s.

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No 1 was injured successful the detonation astatine the museum, which damaged the building, and nary arrests person been made.

Police judge respective radical committed the robbery and they person decided to impact Interpol successful their investigation.

Officers recovered a burning car adjacent Assen and suggested the suspects switched to different vehicle.

They person appealed for anyone with accusation connected the suspects oregon the stolen artefacts to travel forward.