Armed robbers hit jeweller’s in Paris tourist hotspot

AFP | Paris, France

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A group of armed robbers snatched jewels yesterday from a high-end shop near Paris’ world-famous Champs Elysees avenue before making their escape on motorbikes, a police source said.

The three-strong team, one of them armed with a long weapon, may have made off with several million euros in loot, based on a double robbery at the same Harry Winston jeweller’s in 2007 and 2008.

A gunshot was heard outside the shop on Avenue Montaigne, a police source familiar with the case said, with the source saying the robbery happened around 11:45 am (0945 GMT).

It had been a “warning shot” with “no-one injured”, the source familiar with the case added. Paris prosecutors said an investigation was underway.

The source close to the case said it could be “several days” before the precise value of the robbery is known.