Armed robbers stole diamonds worth 50 million euros ($67
million) while the gems were being loaded onto a plane at Brussels Airport on
Monday evening, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported.
Initial reports said the number was as high as 350
million euros but later adjusted the figure downward.
Two vehicles carrying four armed men drove up to a
security van near the Swiss passenger plane, officials said.
"The men were armed and masked. There were no shots
fired and nobody was injured," a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor
said.
Both vehicles sped off after the robbery and one of them
was later found, said officials, who would not comment on what was taken.
The robbers managed to get onto the tarmac after breaking
through the fence that surrounds the airport, a spokesman for Brussels Airport
said.
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