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22 Jan 2026, 03:20 GMT+10
The thieves have escaped with multiple luxury watches after smashing into a Knightsbridge shop
A gang of armed robbers raided a Rolex watch store in central London and escaped with high-value items, police said.
The incident took place on Tuesday at the Bucherer Rolex Boutique in Knightsbridge, near the One Hyde Park development.
According to a statement issued by the Metropolitan Police on Wednesday, six suspects wearing motorcycle helmets entered the store, with several threatening staff and members of the public with machetes before smashing display cases and seizing multiple watches in a raid that lasted around three minutes. No injuries were reported, and no arrests have yet been made.
The gang is believed to have used a moped to force entry to the store before fleeing on four other mopeds parked outside, leaving the stolen bike inside the shop, images circulating from the scene showed.
A security guard at another luxury store told local media there was a "big crash like a road traffic accident, then shouting and people running. It was chaos," he said.
Detective Chief Inspector Scott Mather, from the Met's specialist Flying Squad, which investigates serious robberies, said the attack had caused understandable "alarm." Enquiries are ongoing, and the suspects remain at large.
(RT.com)
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