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In this image made from video, French police attend the scene outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris, France, after a robbery Wednesday evening Jan. 10, 2018. Police said Wednesday that five people, at least some armed, entered the luxury Ritz Hotel and made off with goods, likely to be jewels, worth "an important" sum, and reported that three robbers were arrested and two escaped capture.(Clement Lanot via AP)
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In this image made from video, French police attend the scene outside the Ritz Hotel in Paris, France, after a robbery Wednesday evening Jan. 10, 2018. Police said Wednesday that five people, at least some armed, entered the luxury Ritz Hotel and made off with goods, likely to be jewels, worth "an important" sum, and reported that three robbers were arrested and two escaped capture.(Clement Lanot via AP)
Thursday, January 11, 2018 4:39 am
Police hunt for jewels, thieves after Ritz robbery in Paris
The Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Paris police are searching for at least two thieves suspected of stealing jewels potentially worth millions from the Ritz Hotel during a dramatic heist.
Workers cleaned up shattered glass Thursday morning and started to repair damage from the robbery in one of the world's most prestigious neighborhoods.
Three people were arrested after the heist on the chic Place Vendome in central Paris, but police said at least two others escaped after the Wednesday evening robbery.
French media have estimated the stolen merchandise as worth at least 4.5 million euros ($5.4 million).
Witness video shows what appear to be black-clad intruders entering an unmarked side door in a quick and coordinated operation.
The hotel, where rooms start at 1,000 euros a night, was operating as usual Thursday.
