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$136M Cannes diamond heist biggest in years

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It was a simple theft, but it cost the Dubai organizers of a diamond jewelry show in the French Riviera town of Cannes about $136 million (¥13.3 billion), the biggest such theft in years.

On July 28, a gunman, a scarf over his face, held up at least three guards at the luxury Carlton Intercontinental Hotel and fled a minute later, said Philippe Vique, an assistant prosecutor.

"He took a bag containing a briefcase and a small box, and then fled by (a) French door on the inside," Vique said. "He left on foot ... it was very fast." (AP)

カンヌ宝石強盗、被害総額は133億円に

フランス南部カンヌの高級ホテルで7月28日、約133億円相当の宝石強盗事件が起きた。

The Japan Times ST: August 9, 2013