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Paris -
Two armed men staged a daring heist at a world poker
tournament on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Tuesday,
making off with €76 000 (about R600 000) in cash after
forcing players to lie on the ground, police said.
The pair, both wearing ski-masks, escaped by stealing a
truck, officers added.
They stole the vehicle after losing the keys to the
motorbike they had arrived on during the robbery, they
said. The truck was later found in a poor suburb north
of the capital.
The heist occurred early on Tuesday as about 20 players
were sitting through the final day of a World Poker Tour
tournament taking place in a chic private club on the
Champs-Elysees avenue, which was lightly guarded at the
time. No-one was injured.
Police said it appeared the bandits had been "well
informed" because they went straight to the points where
the money was kept.
A taxi driver, seeing the police pursuit of the stolen
truck, tried to run the robbers off the road but he
quickly backed off when he saw their weapons.
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