LYON, France — Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet and classed a national treasure in a brazen heist at a French museum.

Motorbike-riding thieves arrived at the Hieron museum in Paray-le-Monial in central France at around 4:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Thursday.

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