Thieves steal steel bridge

PRAGUE — Thieves in the Czech Republic have made away with a 10-tonne steel pedestrian bridge in the latest case of scrap metal heists plaguing the country, police said.

“The police know the identity of the thieves. An investigation is underway,” local police spokeswoman Katerina Bohmova said.

Using a crane, a crafty group of thieves dismantled the bridge and about 200 metres of railway track, SZDC, a company managing Czech railway infrastructure, confirmed.