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Robbers pull off $160m Paris jewellery heist

Robbers pull off $160m Paris jewellery heist

Write: Urmila [2011-05-20]

A window display at the exclusive Harry Winston jewellery store in Paris. Armed robbers stole diamonds and other valuables worth 85 million euros ($160 million) in just 15 minutes at the Harry Winston boutique Thursday. The heist was the biggest in French history and one of the biggest in the world.

A woman walks past the Harry Winston store on the Avenue Montaigne, near the Champs-Elysees in Paris, December 5, 2008. Armed robbers stole diamonds and other valuables worth 85 million euros ($160 million) in just 15 minutes at the Harry Winston boutique Thursday. The heist was the biggest in French history and one of the biggest in the world.