Six criminals robbed the precious metals processing laboratory at the Operation Pourquery Laboratory factory in Lyon, France. About this write Le Progresses edition.
Witnesses said the robbers arrived in a car with flashing lights and used explosives to break the laboratory windows. The robbery lasted seven minutes.
“There were several men there, maybe three or four, with machine guns. We saw them loading things into their car, a minivan, before running away,” Le Progres quoted witnesses as saying.
As a result of the attack, five factory workers were injured. The value of the stolen precious metals is estimated at 12 million euros. Afterwards, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the arrest of all attackers.
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