Burglary into the Green Vault: "A purposeful and prepared act"

The jewel theft from the historic Green Vault in Dresden was, according to the investigators, "a purposeful and prepared act". For the circumstances speak altogether, said the police. It is assumed that the car set on fire in an underground car park near the autobahn is an escape vehicle.

Even the fire of a power distribution box near the castle is probably related to the burglary, according to police. It had been intentionally lit, whereupon the street lights had failed in the vicinity of the crime scene.

It is still unclear what exactly was stolen. "I know some objects are out of place, but I can not say what it looks like on the floor of the showcase," Dirk Syndram, Director of the Treasury Museum, said. Clarity can only bring an inventory. (Read more about the case here).

The museum staff were not allowed to enter the scene, according to a police spokesman yet. The crime scene will probably be released on Wednesday, he told the SPIEGEL.

The investigators had provided the experts, however, photos of the showcase. Thus, the first ten objects of the spoils were identified. However, the photos were taken from three to five meters away; the exhibits were also confused in the showcase. This makes a doubtless determination of thieves on the basis of images impossible.

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The cell phone photos of the police would still leave much unclear, Syndram said. But it is clear that much more than the ten parts of the diamond and diamond sets are missing. Syndram does not expect a targeted selection of the stolen property: "It looks like they went in and grabbed what they could, so it was more about the glitter than the collector with a special interest."

Presumably two perpetrators had entered the Residenzschloss through a window on Monday morning, smashed a display case and stolen historical jewelery with diamonds and diamonds. According to the police, according to the police, 91 references from the population have been received and are being examined.