CultureAustria museum heist: Thieves snatch diamond necklace

Two men posing as visitors smashed a display case at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts and escaped with a platinum and diamond necklace worth several million dollars. The necklace, once owned by Egypt’s deposed Queen Nazli, has 673 precious stones weighing more than 200 carats. Police said one robber may have carried a real firearm.

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