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Lifestyle 3 years ago

Lebanese woman robs bank to pay for sister’s cancer treatment

A woman held up a Beirut bank on Wednesday with a toy gun and walked out with thousands of dollars to pay for her ill sister’s cancer treatment, in a desperate heist that has been cheered by many in crisis-hit Lebanon.

Art & Culture 3 years ago

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Jewel thieves in brazen Dutch art fair heist

Armed robbers staged a brazen daylight raid on an international art fair in the Netherlands, smashing a jewellery case with a sledgehammer in front of terrified visitors.

Lifestyle 4 years ago

Six Germans charged over spectacular Dresden museum heist

German prosecutors have charged six men over a spectacular heist in 2019 when more than a dozen diamond-encrusted artefacts worth over 100 million euros were snatched from a state museum.

People 4 years ago

Britain jails diamond thief for £4.2-million heist

Lulu Lakatos, 60, posed as a gem expert under the alias "Anna" to gain access to the jewels worth a total of £4.2 million (US$5.8 million, 5.0 million euros).

People 4 years ago

Two held after Paris jeweller e-scooter robbery

The two suspects were arrested at a motorway rest area in the east of France and a "substantial quantity" of the stolen goods was found in their possession.

Sports 4 years ago

Roma's Smalling forced to open home safe by armed robbers: reports

Roma's former England defender Chris Smalling was threatened by three armed burglars at his home in the Italian capital in the early hours of Friday, Italian media reported.

Books 5 years ago

Kardashian thief recounts Paris heist in tell-all book

Yunice Abbas, one of five men who robbed US media personality Kim Kardashian at her hotel in Paris in 2016, has authored a book detailing the incident.

National 5 years ago

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Indonesian peacekeepers free six civilians held hostage by armed bandits in Congo

Indonesia has been joining UN peacekeeping missions since 1957 and it has been sending peacekeepers to the DRC since 1960.

City 5 years ago

Police form task force to hunt down 'begal' targeting cyclists in Jakarta

The Jakarta Police have dispatched both uniformed and plainclothes officers to patrol the city's major streets to prevent robbery against cyclists.

National 5 years ago

Central Java family found dead after three-day disappearance

A family of four was found apparently murdered in their home in Sukoharjo, Central Java, on Friday. Neighbors said the family had not been seen for three days.