Story perspectives

Bank Heist in Stuhr: Thieves Target 14 Safe-Deposit Boxes

2/15/2026

Summary

Story summary

Burglars broke into a bank in Stuhr, Lower Saxony, Germany, between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. local time and accessed 14 of its 728 safe-deposit boxes.
Police have not identified the perpetrators or determined what was stolen, and this follows a €30 million theft from a bank in Gelsenkirchen about a month earlier.
Witnesses saw three men in blue overalls near the bank.
An unknown liquid was found at the scene, and two bank employees were treated for nausea.

1 of 1

Story summary

Burglars broke into a bank in Stuhr, Lower Saxony, Germany, between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. local time and accessed 14 of its 728 safe-deposit boxes.
Police have not identified the perpetrators or determined what was stolen, and this follows a €30 million theft from a bank in Gelsenkirchen about a month earlier.
Witnesses saw three men in blue overalls near the bank.
An unknown liquid was found at the scene, and two bank employees were treated for nausea.