Armed gang steal jewels from French museum’s £6m ‘national treasure’
Thieves fired shots and took parts of 1904 work by goldsmith Joseph Chaumet from Hiéron Museum
Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by the famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet classed as a national treasure, in a brazen heist at a French museum.
The thieves arrived on motorbikes at the Hiéron Museum in Paray-le-Monial, in central France, at about 4pm local time on Thursday. Three entered the building and one stood guard outside, said the local mayor, Jean-Marc Nesme.
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