Armed Robbers Target Paris De Beers Store in Daylight Heist

Four individuals fled a De Beers jewelry store in central Paris on motorcycles Thursday morning after stealing luxury goods valued at several hundred thousand euros.

Four black-clad individuals sped away from De Beers jeweller in Paris's second arrondissement Thursday morning after stealing hundreds of thousands of euros worth of luxury goods at gunpoint. Police are searching for those responsible. A group of suspects burst into a De Beers jewelry store in the center of Paris on Tuesday morning and exited with loot worth more than €1 million ($1.1 million), according to French radio station Europe 1.

A De Beers Group spokesperson confirmed the robbery at the company’s De Beers store on Rue de la Paix, near Place Vendôme, a hub of luxury jewelers. Armed robbers stole goods worth more than €1 million (US$1.1 million) from a De Beers jewellery shop in Paris on Thursday before fleeing on scooters, authorities and a police source told Agence France-Presse.

France 24 English reported the story as "Armed robbers flee Paris De Beers store on motorcycles after jewellery heist." New York Post reported the story as "Armed robbers flee luxury Paris jewelry store with hundreds of thousands worth of goods."

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