Kiev mayor's daughter victim of 4.5 million euro gem raid

(PARIS) - A thief made off with a handbag stuffed with 4.5 million euros in jewels belonging to the daughter of the mayor of Kiev while she was on a visit to Paris on Monday, a judicial source said.

Kristina Chernovetskaya, whose father Leonid Chernovetsky is a banker and mayor of the Ukrainian capital, was traveling from Paris airport in a chauffeur-driven car when a man approached the vehicle and grabbed the bag.

The theft occurred around noon in Saint-Denis, a suburb north of Paris.

Chernovetskaya told police that the bag contained rings, earrings and other jewels worth 4.5 million euros (six million dollars), the source added.