thelocal.fr: American tourists tear gassed and robbed at Paris airport hotel
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thelocal.fr: American tourists tear gassed and robbed at Paris airport hotel
American tourists tear gassed and robbed at Paris airport hotel
Please see:
https://www.thelocal.fr/20170710/par...-airport-hotel
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A group of Americans were among 19 tourists who were robbed by masked men armed with tear gas as they waited outside their hotel at Charles-de-Gaulle airport to the north of Paris.
The robbery took place outside the Novotel Hotel at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday morning.
The thieves, hooded and dressed in black pulled up in several cars as the 19 tourists, who included four Americans, 12 French and three Moroccans were waiting for a shuttle bus to arrive.
The robbery took place outside the Novotel Hotel at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday morning.
The thieves, hooded and dressed in black pulled up in several cars as the 19 tourists, who included four Americans, 12 French and three Moroccans were waiting for a shuttle bus to arrive.
https://www.thelocal.fr/20170710/par...-airport-hotel
Cheers & Safe Travels. ^
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I've stayed at this hotel before -- as an Accor Platinum on a Priceline NYOP stay IIRC -- and it was ok. Couldn't say it struck me as anything that extraordinary in terms of an airport hotel. Would I avoid it because of this incident? Not really, as this could happen at other airport hotels with open horse shoe like driveways close to a relatively high speed road.
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paris has various incidents, mostly very targeted on very wealthiest
(when talking these big things, not individual street theft/mugging)
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The gangs aren't all stupid in preferring to target passengers likely to be leaving Europe rather than those arriving into Europe when it comes to wanting to grab suitcases even more than open-carry purses and wallets in clothing pockets. But this incident seemed to have caught a less lucrative target than usual. Assuming the vehicle used will likely be claimed as stolen/unaccounted for at the time of incident, it will be interesting to see if the French police catch all the culprits.