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Guide from China loses after tussle with thieves
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A CHINESE tourist guide had almost 25,000 euros (US$28,300) in cash and his new Rolex watch stolen after he had stepped in to prevent two of his group being robbed outside a hotel near Paris, police said yesterday.
The Chinese tourists were getting off a coach when three men approached and tried to grab designer handbags from two women in the group.
When the 32-year-old guide intervened, the men then grabbed his bag, which contained 20,000 euros and nearly 5,000 Swiss francs (4,500 euros) and also the watch, which he had just bought for around 5,000 euros.
The robbers then sped from the scene in Carrieres-sur-Seine, 20 kilometers west of Paris, by car.
“The guide had wanted to help two Chinese tourists targeted by three thieves who tried to take their Longchamp handbags,” a police source said. “The guide intervened and in the end it was him who was stripped of his possessions.”
Police are investigating whether there is any link between the robbery and similar incidents in the area, including several near the Palace of Versailles, a popular destination for Chinese visitors to France.
France is seeing an increase in the number of Chinese tourists, but their reputation for carrying large amounts of cash has made them a target of thieves.
French authorities tightened security around tourist groups from China two years ago after the Chinese government had expressed concern about the increasing number of such incidents.
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