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| Elite jeweller's robbed in Paris | Elite jeweller's robbed in Paris |
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| Thieves in Paris have escaped with jewels worth more than 6m euros (£5m, $8m) after robbing a store in broad daylight on the elite Place Vendome. | Thieves in Paris have escaped with jewels worth more than 6m euros (£5m, $8m) after robbing a store in broad daylight on the elite Place Vendome. |
| The Chopard store was robbed just before 1500 (1300 GMT), police told the French news agency AFP without giving other details. | The Chopard store was robbed just before 1500 (1300 GMT), police told the French news agency AFP without giving other details. |
| The Swiss firm Chopard is famous for supplying jewellery to stars at the Oscars and the Cannes film festival. | The Swiss firm Chopard is famous for supplying jewellery to stars at the Oscars and the Cannes film festival. |
| Place Vendome is an elegant old square known for its luxury hotels. | Place Vendome is an elegant old square known for its luxury hotels. |
| In December, armed robbers stole jewels worth at least 80m euros ($102m) from a store near the French capital's famous Champs-Elysees avenue. | In December, armed robbers stole jewels worth at least 80m euros ($102m) from a store near the French capital's famous Champs-Elysees avenue. |
| Place Vendome is one of the French capital's best-known squares | |
| As many as four robbers, two disguised as women, raided the Harry Winston's store and stole nearly all its valuables. | As many as four robbers, two disguised as women, raided the Harry Winston's store and stole nearly all its valuables. |
| Late on Saturday afternoon, the store at No 1 Place Vendome stood closed behind iron shutters, an AFP correspondent reports. | |
| Only some leather handbags could be seen in the window, and no trace of a robbery could be seen from the outside. | |
| A sales assistant working in an adjacent jeweller's store said she had heard and seen nothing. "We were working," she added. | |
| Among Chopard's commissions is the Golden Palm awarded at the Cannes festival. | |
| Founded in 1860, the firm has branches in major cities across the world. |