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France: Convoi d'un prince saoudien attaqué
Un groupe de braqueurs a attaqué à Paris un convoi d'un prince saoudien. Le groupe s'est emparé des documents et de la somme de 250 milles euros. Les braqueurs ont disparu dans la nature, laissant un peu plus loin un véhicule incendié. Pour l'instant, la police dit ne pas détenir des informations sur l'identité des braqueurs, ni sur le mobile exacte.
The convoy was heading through northern Paris on its way to Le Bourget airport late on Sunday evening when it was raided, reports say.
The gunmen seized a vehicle carrying the money and documents, later releasing the driver and two others.
The convoy was said to have come from the Saudi embassy. No-one was hurt.
The gunmen, reportedly armed with Kalashnikov rifles, targeted a Mercedes mini-van at 21:15 (19:15 GMT) on the northern ring road, or peripherique, at Porte de la Chapelle, on the edge of Paris.
The motorcade, belonging to a Saudi prince, was targeted by eight people in two separate vehicles who pointed their guns at the driver of the Mercedes, forcing him to stop, French media reported.
The men then drove the vehicle away with the driver and the two other Saudis inside. No shots were fired but the Saudis were later freed. The vehicle was eventually found abandoned and another of the gang's cars was found burned out.
"In the vehicle there was roughly 250,000 euros in cash and official documents from the embassy," police union spokesman Rocco Contento told BFM TV news. BBC
