Hack assault on the famous George V, the hotel where emirs and presidents stay in Paris: what happened?

In full curfew, the George V luxury hotel, at Paris, was assaulted by two armed men on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. They took a piece of jewelry worth at least 180,000 euros, but it could be more.

There were no injuries during the attack on one of the two most luxurious hotels in Paris, with its spectacular bouquets of flowers and the cheapest room in 1000 euros per night.

Two men got off a motorbike at the hotel door. One of them carried a backpack in which he hid an ax. They went inside and shot dead two of the employees.

In the midst of a pandemic and lockdown, the hotel has very few tourists and his George restaurant is down. But within its walls there is stained glass jewelry great jewelers like Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef and Rolex and Pateux Philippe.

While the other was watching, the ax attacker smashed the various windows and took all the jewelry from his backpack. They did not stay inside for more than 10 minutes and fled on the motorbike that brought them. They were covered in a black robe and motorcycle helmets.

“The two thieves on the run they didn’t hurt anyone»Addition of the same police source. The investigation was entrusted to the Brigade for the repression of banditry (BRB) of the Paris judicial police.

According to the newspaper Le Parisien, one of the thieves was wearing a helmet, a black jacket and jogging pants, a balaclava, white socks and a shoulder strap, in which there was an ax for breaking the windows. The latter, according to the newspaper, would have threatened the employees before seizing several jewels and joining his accomplice, who was a few meters away, on a small motorcycle.

The George V Hotel is part of the Four Seasons chain and is the habitual residence of presidents, princes, emirs and businessmen. Former President Cristina Kirchner and Former President Mauricio Macri stayed at the hotel.

Confined hotel

The prestigious Parisian hotel George V was released from its aftermath on Monday, April 13. Exceptionally, it has reopened its doors or rather its kitchens for a special occasion. Its chefs and fifteen employees came to the kitchens to prepare 170 meals for health workers of the Robert Debré hospital in Paris.

The hotel had been closed for a month before the lack of tourists. But for the occasion, the kitchens were turned on again. Alain Teudon, the chef of the Orangerie, one of the George V restaurants, announced the menu: “A gazpacho of tomatoes, burrata and cucumber spaghetti. A spring vegetable garden, so it’s just good green vegetables. Sprinkled with it. of herbs. A suckling lamb with candied lemon. And for dessert, a rhubarb and strawberry pie, with beautiful gariguettes and small fried Easter chocolates “.

Hospital workers appreciated this microwave safe Easter gift.

Violence in Paris

With the pandemic in France, they have increased explosions in the street, robberies at vending machines and in the metro.

There are no statistics for 2021. But during the pandemic in 2020, there was a 3% increase in sexual violence, an 11% increase in robberies. But sexual assault fell 56% in the first childbirth and increased 5% in the second.

There has been a 9% increase in domestic and spousal violence.

Internet frauds have multiplied, on bank accounts for online purchases. But non-violent robberies against people fell 24%, a 20% drop in apartment thefts and 19% in armed robberies, according to Interior Ministry statistics.

Paris, correspondent

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