PARIS: Robbers posing as policemen made off with ¤200,000 belonging to a senior official from the Saudi youth and sports ministry just after he landed in Paris, police said yesterday.
The audacious robbery was staged on the busy A1 highway near Le Bourget airport. The robbers were armed and used two cars equipped with flashing lights and the word “Police” on them.
They stopped the car the Saudi official was travelling in and demanded an inspection of the boot.
They then made off with a suitcase containing ¤162,000, $30,000 and £10,000. It was not immediately clear why the official was travelling with so much cash.
Israeli gets online tips to kill parents
JERUSALEM: An Israeli who stabbed his mother and father to death was convicted of murder yesterday partly because he searched online for tips including “how to kill your parents and get away with it”.
Daniel Maoz, 29, wanted money from his inheritance in order to pay heavy gambling debts, the Jerusalem District Court found. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2011 murders. In its decision, the court cited other physical evidence and an examination of the defendant’s computer to refute that.
The incriminating Internet searches also included “can soap clean DNA from a knife?” and “murder for inheritance”, a transcript of the ruling showed.
Maoz said he made the searches out of “academic curiosity”.
AFP/Reuters
