Paris:
Armed robbers raided the Bulgari luxurious jewelry retailer on the swanky Place Vendome in central Paris in broad daylight Saturday, fleeing with a haul of unknown worth, police and prosecutors mentioned.
Three folks on two motorbikes entered the shop within the standard vacationer district at round 1:45pm native time (1145 GMT), a police supply mentioned, citing preliminary info.
The size of the injury and the loot they received away with remains to be being assessed, the supply added.
The identical Bulgari retailer was additionally focused in an armed theft in September 2021, the injury of which was estimated at 10 million euros.
Video footage posted on social networks on Saturday appeared to point out two massive black motorbikes parked on the pavement in entrance of the jewelry store.
A person in a helmet with a gun and carrying black garments is seen apparently standing guard.
Later, three males may be seen fleeing the scene on two motorbikes.
An investigation into armed theft has been opened, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
Following the 2021 heist on the Bulgari retailer, one of many robbers was wounded within the leg by a police officer.
He was arrested, charged and imprisoned.
In June 2022, two different suspects, aged 26 and 37 on the time, had been arrested.
They had been additionally charged and positioned in pre-trial detention.
The Italian jeweller Bulgari is owned by the French vogue conglomerate LVMH.
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