The National Police investigate the theft of a briefcase. More than 3,500 euros for a diplomat from the Iraqi Embassy Madrid, the thieves punctured the tire of his car so that he could stop and take his belongings.
The incident occurred at noon last Friday. The diplomat left the embassy located on Carril del Conde street in the Hortaleza district. According to the news of ‘El Mundo’ newspaper, he went to a bank branch in Arturo Soria street with his vehicle and police sources confirmed to EFE.
The 43-year-old Iraqi envoy, withdrew about 2,600 euros and 1,100 dollars from the bank, money in a briefcase where he kept various documents and keys to some embassy safes.
Shortly after getting in the car realized that one of the tires might burst, so he decided to stop the car at a nearby gas station.
When you’re about to change a flat tire, The diplomat noticed that one of the car doors was open and his briefcase was missing.
Neither he nor the officers at the gas station could see any suspicious person in the immediate vicinity. Although police believe it was an attack with a “pierce” method, which involves distracting the victim by disabling the wheel of his car and taking advantage of this situation to carry out the robbery.