Overview
- Authorities say intruders accessed the building from an adjacent parkhouse through a manipulated escape door, then drilled into the vault and opened nearly all 3,256 safe‑deposit boxes.
- Data show box openings occurred on December 27 between 10:45 and 14:44, with the exact time spent inside the building and for the getaway still under investigation.
- Police have mobilized the BAO “Bohrer” task force with about 230 investigators who are reviewing roughly 10,000 hours of video totaling about 8 terabytes.
- Hundreds of thousands of items litter the vault area, which was contaminated with chemical liquids, and cataloguing plus victim interviews of more than 3,000 customers are expected to take months.
- An attorney plans collective litigation on behalf of hundreds of victims as the Sparkasse defends its security as meeting recognized standards, while investigators examine possible insider help without confirmed suspects or arrests; the loss could reach the triple‑digit million euro range but remains unquantified.