Thieves steal royal necklace from Vienna museum in smash-and-grab heist

The robbers, who didn’t disguise their faces and were caught on camera, remain at large with the 673-diamond necklace once owned by an Egyptian queen, police said.

Thieves steal $4 million diamond necklace in brazen smash-and-grab heist  CNN

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“What if the display case wasn’t empty?” This question was posed by archaeologist Shaimaa Farouk following the theft of Queen Nazli’s necklace from the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna, Austria. The incident has brought to the forefront the risks of securing historical artifacts and opened the door to a scenario

An international manhunt is under way for two men who stole a necklace decorated with more than 600 diamonds from a museum in Vienna after buying a ticket for the exhibition in which it was being displayed.

The theft of the precious object, once owned by an Egyptian queen and later sold to satisfy her creditors, was the latest in a string of high-profile museum losses.

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has flagged a diamond necklace once owned by Egypt’s Queen Nazli after the jewellery was stolen from an exhibition at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts in Austria.

The Van Cleef and Arpels necklace, with 673 precious stones and worth several million dollars, is the latest item snatched as high-profile robberies hit European museums.

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A manhunt has launched for the two suspects captured on CCTV after a jewellery heist in Vienna (Picture: LPD Wien) Two thieves walked into a museum and grabbed a rare diamond necklace encrusted with more than 600 diamonds in a brazen jewellery heist in Austria. The duo were so confident they didn’t bother to wear masks

The stolen necklace, studded with 673 precious stones, belonged to Egypt's Queen Nazli. It was being displayed as part of the museum's exhibition for designs by France's Van Cleef and Arpels.

Police are hunting two suspects they believe bought a ticket for the exhibition to get at the jewellery.

Albert Otti/picture alliance via Getty Images Thieves have stolen a 200-carat platinum-and-diamond necklace worth several million dollars during a brazen heist at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts. The Van Cleef and Arpels necklace, designed for the former royal family of Egypt and worn by Queen Nazli in 1939 at her daug

Police hunt two suspects after historic 200-carat piece is snatched from Austrian museum during opening hours Austrian police are hunting two men alleged to have stolen a 200-carat platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds that was on loan to a museum in Vienna and once belonged to Egyptian royalty. Authorities in

It is the latest in a series of high-profile heists to hit European museums.