Gunmen attack Saudi prince's motorcade in Paris

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PrincessOfPeace

QuoteHeavily-armed robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with €250,000 (£200,000) in banknotes and reportedly stealing "sensitive" documents, French police have confirmed.

Eight Kalashnikov-wielding assailants surrounded the motorcade at Porte de la Chapelle, northern Paris, as it was making its way from the Saudi embassy to an airport in Le Bourget, said police. There were no injuries.

During the spectacular heist at around 9pm on Sunday, the gunman stopped a Mercedes utility vehicle in the convoy and drove off with the car's three occupants.

The assailants then let the three go and later burned the vehicle before vanishing.

No suspects have yet been apprehended.
More: Gunmen attack Saudi prince's motorcade in Paris - Telegraph

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QuoteSaudi Prince's Motorcade Held Up at Gunpoint in Paris

French detectives are investigating whether a group of heavily armed gunmen who attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying a Saudi prince and his entourage in the north of Paris wanted money or important diplomatic documents.

The attackers, who police said were clearly well informed, struck on Sunday evening after the motorcade of a dozen vehicles left the luxurious George V hotel on the Champs Elysées and headed to Le Bourget airport, nine miles (15km) north of the French capital.

As the convoy arrived at Porte de la Chapelle, which leads to the péripherique ring road, the attackers – who were travelling in two BMWs without number plates – forced the Saudis' cars to stop, and went straight to one of the vehicles, a Mercedes people carrier.

The robbers, said to number between five and eight, seized the Mercedes and its three occupants – as well as €250,000 and what Le Parisien newspaper described as sensitive documents.

More: Saudi prince's motorcade held up at gunpoint in Paris | World news | The Guardian

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PrincessOfPeace

QuoteA playboy Saudi prince with multi-billion pound investments in Britain was today named as the royal robbed by a Kalashnikov-wielding gang in Paris.

Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, 41, was the victim of a movie-style heist at Porte de la Chapelle, in the north of the French capital on Sunday night.

His 10-car convoy, including cars full of armed bodyguards, was on the way towards a private jet at Le Bourget airport when it was attacked.
Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd, right,  has been named as the royal robbed of £200,000 in a movie-style heist in Paris. He is pictured with, from left to right, Princess Sara Bint Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Queen Silvia of Sweden and Princess Madeleine of Sweden at a charity event in Washington DC in 2012
More: Saudi prince Abdul Aziz Bin Fahd robbed of £200k in his 10-car Paris convoy by gang | Mail Online