Thieves steal 'priceless' jewelry from The Louvre
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Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in a seven-minute heist using disc cutters before escaping on motorbikes.
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Louvre robbery footage captures thief cutting into jewel case with saw during daring daylight heist
Video shows one of the suspected Louvre jewel thieves brazenly cutting through a glass case using a mini chainsaw before making off with the loot during Sunday’s heist at the Paris
In the Louvre Museum heist, the robbers used a mini chainsaw and escaped within 10 minutes. They stole priceless jewels and iconic valuables on Sunday.
LONDON -- The Louvre Museum in Paris said it would remain closed on Sunday for "exceptional reasons," as a French minister said an investigation was underway into a potential robbery. "A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum," French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati said on social media.
Sunday’s audacious heist saw thieves break into the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery and make off with jewelry of “inestimable” value. The suspects carried out the burglary in just seven minutes, France’s interior minister Laurent Nuñez told radio station France Inter.
France's Ministry of Culture has released a list of the jewelry items stolen from the Louvre Museum during a robbery on Oct. 19. The weapon-wielding thieves made off with millions of dollars worth of valuables,
Thieves entered the Paris museum using a ‘basket lift’ in an operation that lasted seven minutes, minister says