Gunmen stick up Saudi prince in Paris, seize $335,000 and diplomatic documents

Gunmen stick up Saudi prince in Paris, seize $335,000 and diplomatic documents
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It's like a scene from a 1970s spy thriller:

The police said Monday that eight armed men attacked a Saudi Arabian prince’s convoy around 9 p.m. on Sunday as it was heading from the Saudi Embassy to Le Bourget airport north of Paris, where captains of industry and visiting royalty to the French capital park their private jets.

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.