Thieves simulate terror attack on Paris underground
Four women tried to rob tourists on the Paris underground by using fireworks to simulate a terrorist attack.
The young Romanian women were arrested yesterday after letting off bangers in the Tuileries Metro station close to the Louvre Museum, to give the impression of gunfire, reports the Daily Mail.
They then began stealing as services stopped and people started to run away in panic.
A Paris police spokesman said that the four women, who have not been identified, were in custody.
Earlier this month, police broke up a vast network that saw Roma criminals earning up to £6,000 a day at Disneyland Paris stealing from tourists.
Police commissioner Jerome Georges said the child pickpockets posed as tourists, wearing Mickey Mouse ears. They acted in small groups, with one creating a distraction while the others stole.
Diane
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