‘Several million euros’ of jewels taken in armed heist at luxury Paris boutique

They “forced entry to the jewellery store using a two-wheeler. They stole jewellery from several windows, while one of them kept watch”, carrying a long-barrelled firearm, the prosecutor’s office said

Police forensic officers inspect the entrance of the Harry Winston jewellery after a robbery in Paris (Thibault Camus/AP)

Armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million euros” worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared “Jeweller to the Stars” Harry Winston, the French prosecutor’s office overseeing the police probe said.

Having refused on Saturday to confirm that Harry Winston was the target, the Paris prosecutor’s office did so on Sunday, saying the dazzling, by-appointment store on Avenue Montaigne was robbed by a gang of at least three people.