MILAN, Jan 14 (Reuters) – An armed gang of three raided a luxury jewellery store on Wednesday in the centre of Cortina d’Ampezzo, investigative sources said, a rare serious crime in the Alpine resort that will co-host the Winter Olympics next month.
The robbers struck in the Cacciari Salvati store that is located on Corso Italia, the main pedestrian street in Cortina, overpowering a shop assistant.
The gang was on the run and the value of their haul was not known. Italian media reported that a getaway car had been found close to Cortina, a town situated in the Dolomites in northern Italy.
The shop assistant was not injured during the raid.
Cortina, which has a resident population of only around 5,000 people, will be in the spotlight next month when it co-hosts the Winter Olympics with Milan.
The town previously staged the Winter Games in 1956 and a number of films including 1960s comedy “The Pink Panther” have been filmed there.
(Reporting by Sara RossiWriting by Keith WeirEditing by Andrew Cawthorne)
