German tank thieves re-arrested


Published: April 26, 2008 at 6:02 PM



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SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 26 (UPI) -- Bulgarian authorities say two German nationals who allegedly stole a World War II tank have been re-arrested.

Thomas Gmainer and Matheus Mayer had jumped bail last fall after they had been arrested by Bulgarian police while trying to dig up a German army tank that had been buried and used as a fixed gun position during the war.

The Sofia News Agency reported Saturday the pair had already swiped one other buried tank, presumably in order to sell it to a private collector.

The Defense Ministry said the government had requested the extradition of Gmainer and Mayer; however the decision would be up to a German court.

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what are your thorts on this story there .keystone .. should they be
.extradition ?? krieg

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Stealing valuable WWII artifacts to sell to the highest bidder, yeah that's nice.

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sorry i did read the story wrong .. krieg

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for thow . will be ours someday .we shall have it all
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No krieg, that wasn't meant for you. That was my attempt at sarcasm, aimed at the thieves!

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...this army made up of ex-resistence men and named by the Prince Himself, became known as the STOOTTROEPEN(Stormtroopers).
Nulli Cedo = I'll give way to no one.

Scott