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Gunman makes off with watches worth 3 m yuan

Updated: 2015-03-16 22:19

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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A masked gunman fired two shots then hijacked a taxi to make his escape with 11 watches from a Cartier store in Beijing’s Wangfujing Street at around 7pm on Monday, the Beijing News reported.

According to the manager, the watches were collectively worth about 3,000,000 yuan ($479,019).

No casualties were reported and police are investigating.

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