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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   may be in London by now.,   
      
   French soldiers robbed of assault rifles & ammo in McDonald’s parking   
   lot    
      
      
   Breakfast at McDonald’s has left two French soldiers, who are part of   
   the counter-terrorism Operation Sentinelle, without their assault   
   rifles and ammunition, local press reports. The robbery comes amid an   
   extended state of emergency in France.    
      
      
   Weapons from the soldiers’ car were stolen on Thursday afternoon in the La   
   Vespilliere area in the country’s northwest, according to the 20minutes   
   website.   
      
   At the time of the robbery, the two troops were having breakfast inside the   
   restaurant. Their van was white and did not have any indications it belonged   
   to the army or police, or that it contained weapons.   
      
   Two assault rifles, as well as ammunition for 9mm automatic pistols,   
   were stolen through a broken window, Le Parisien reports. The ammo   
   cannot be used for the stolen rifles.   
      
   A search operation was immediately launched, with a few dozen police and a   
   helicopter involved.   
      
   A few hours later, the car of the purported criminals was discovered in the   
   neighboring Villefontaine commune, and a special team arrived at the scene to   
   check the vehicle.   
      
   The stolen weapons were not, however, found in the car, and the investigation   
   continues.   
      
   The operation also involved protecting locals. France Bleu reported that at   
   about 6:45pm local time, families in the area were told not to leave their   
   homes.   
      
   The soldiers involved in the incident are part of the nationwide Operation   
   Sentinelle, which began after the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack.   
      
   For the past two years, France has seen an unprecedented number of terrorist   
   attacks. In January 2015, the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie   
   Hebdo were attacked, and several shootings and a hostage situation took place   
   in the region.   
      
   In November 2015, a series of coordinated attacks in Paris left 137 dead and   
   over 228 wounded. In the summer of 2016, a priest’s throat was slit and four   
   nuns taken hostage in a church in Rouen, and on July 14, a 19-ton cargo truck   
   was slammed into a    
   large crowd of people in Nice, killing 86 and injuring 434.   
      
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