Armed robbers stormed the Bulgari luxury jewelry store on the famous Place Vendome in central Paris in broad daylight on Saturday, stealing items worth millions of euros, police and prosecutors said.

A police source said, quoting preliminary information, that three people arrived on two motorcycles and entered the shop in the famous tourist neighborhood at around 13:45 local time (11:45 GMT).

The same source added that two of them were carrying rifles, indicating that they injured a security guard.

Another source familiar with the investigation told AFP that the full size of the spoils and damages estimated at millions of euros were still being assessed.

Videos posted on social networks on Saturday showed two large motorcycles parked on the sidewalk in front of the jewelry store.

It also shows a man wearing a helmet, carrying a gun and wearing black clothes, who is watching.

Later, three men can be seen fleeing the robbery site on the two motorbikes.

The Paris prosecutor's office announced the opening of an investigation into armed robbery.

The Bulgari store itself was targeted by an armed robbery in broad daylight in September 2021, when thieves stole around 10 million euros from it.

Following the robbery, one of the robbers was shot in the leg by a policeman. After his arrest, he was tried and imprisoned.
In June 2022, two more suspects were arrested and placed in pretrial detention.