Louvre Robbed

Louvre Robbed

The Louvre Museum in Paris is closed on Sunday after a brazen robbery.

 

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A group of thieves sawed through a window in a gilded gallery at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, and then escaped on a motorcycle with a set of priceless royal jewels, French officials said.

 

“Over the course of only seven minutes, three or four individuals used a cherry picker from a nearby renovation site to reach a window of the Galerie d’Apollon, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on French radio. There, the thieves used an angle grinder to cut a hole in the window to get inside,” reports the Wall Street Journal.

 

France 24 reports:

 

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a theft at the Louvre in Paris as the world-renowned museum said it was closing for the day.

"A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum," she wrote on X. The Louvre said it was closing for the day "for exceptional reasons", without providing further details on what had been stolen.

 

“Early indications are that stolen objects include jewels from the Napoleonic display case and related to French royalty, a police official said. The thieves fled via the roads along the Seine River, the official added,” adds WSJ.

 

No one was injured in the burglary, the officials said.