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2 Qatari sisters robbed of $5.3m on Paris highway
French police have confirmed that two visiting Qatari sisters were attacked and robbed of $5.3m worth of valuables in a highway heist in the north of the French capital of Paris.
According to a police source, the women, in their 60’s where attacked when their chauffeur-driven Bentley was held up by masked men who sprayed them with tear gas moments after leaving the Le Bourget airport northeast of the capital.
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The robbers stole “everything in the vehicle: jewels, clothes, luggage”, the source said.
The French driver, who works for the women on a regular basis, reported the incident to police.
Further reports revealed that the robbers were in a car which forced the Bentley off the highway and then to stop in an emergency zone.
The sisters’ names were not released.
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