A suspected financial institution robber has been rescued in Rome after the roof of a tunnel he had been digging collapsed.
Italian carabinieri say the person was trapped and buried beneath six metres of earth for about eight hours on Thursday.
Dozens of firefighters labored across the tunnel earlier than finally liberating the person and pulling him to security.
The trapped man -- from Rome -- was transferred to hospital whereas his suspected accomplices have been additionally detained by the authorities.
"Two males from Naples have been arrested for resisting a public officer and two others from Rome have been arrested for the harm precipitated," the carabinieri press workplace mentioned.
"The investigation remains to be underway, we don't exclude that they're thieves, this is likely one of the hypotheses," the assertion added.
In response to media stories, the 4 males are suspected of planning to rob a close-by financial institution on 15 August, when Italian outlets shut for the general public vacation, Ferragosto.
The tunnel they have been digging was discovered beneath an empty store on a busy street close to the Vatican Metropolis.
"Nobody had actually paid consideration as a result of the store had been rented out and everybody thought it was being renovated, and there was no noise," an area resident instructed AFP.
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