Armed robbers have stolen dozens of artifacts from a Greek
museum dedicated to the history of the early Olympics. Police have cordoned off
the museum as investigations continue inside. It is not clear how much was
damaged inside. According to officials two masked men smashed display cabinets
and took more than 60 objects after overpowering a guard at the museum in
Olympia.
Greece's culture ministry, like most state departments, has
seen its budget cut as part of austerity measures imposed by the government. In
the opinion of Olympia Mayor Thymios Kotzias the robbers - one of whom had a
gun - targeted the guard during a shift change, after having already knocked
out the alarm.
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