‘THIEVE’S’ TUNNEL COLLAPSES

AN ITALIAN man had to be rescued after becoming trapped in a collapsed tunnel near the Vatican. He is suspected of being part of a gang burrowing its way to a nearby bank, police said Friday. Firefighters spent eight hours digging him out from under a road in the west of Rome, before he was freed and taken to hospital. For Italian newspapers, however, the motive was clear, noting that the tunnel was found near a bank before the a long weekend, when residents head out of town and Rome becomes empty. |