Apple Inc. was hit New Year's Eve by an armed robbery at one of the company's Paris stores, the first major robbery of an Apple store in France.

At about 9 p.m. local time Monday, armed suspects broke into the Apple store behind the Palais Garnier and stole Apple products, a police representative said Tuesday. The Palais Garnier houses the Paris Opera and is near the Galeries Lafayette department store.

The person said Paris police are investigating the theft but couldn't provide more details.

According to French news reports, the loss from the robbery was estimated at about 1 million, or roughly $1.25 million.

The police couldn't confirm that amount. 'It is too early to give an accurateestimation of the damage. An inventory is taking place to determine the exact amount of the damage,' a Paris police spokeswoman said. The price of an iPhone 5 is typically 679 ($895) in France.

Apple didn't return phone calls seeking comment.

The store had closed about three hours before the robbery. A security guard and a cleaner were in the store when two suspects broke in through an employee entrance and attacked the employees, injuring one of them slightly, according to French daily Le Figaro.