The robbers entered the famous museum masked and took seven jewels of “inestimable” value
The Louvre Museum, in Paris, has been forced to close its doors this Sunday after an attempted robbery this morning. As announced by the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, the police are investigating the case, in which, for the moment, no injuries have been reported.
“This morning there was a robbery at the opening of the Louvre Museum“Dati expressed from his Twitter account (now X). “No injuries were reported. I am at the scene together with the museum and the police teams. “Investigations are ongoing,” he added. On its social networks, the museum has announced its closure for the entire day “due to exceptional situations.”
The robbers entered the museum wearing hoods around 9:30 a.m. According to national media reports, they took advantage of remodeling works on one of the sides of the monument to enter. The thieves They served as a lifting platform and several windows were broken to access the Apolo gallery of the museum, on the first floor. There, they managed to take seven jewels belonging to the collection of Napoleon III and the Empressbefore fleeing on a motorcycle. The police have evacuated the entrance courtyard to the museum in the pyramid and the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Núñez, has also attended the scene.
Núñez has expressed on the radio France Inter that The robbery lasted a total of seven minutes.. It would be “a team with a lot of experience” that would have carried out a prior reconnaissance of the terrain and “acted very quickly,” according to the minister. Núñez has confirmed that the stolen jewelry has “an inestimable heritage and historical value”but he has assured that he has “great confidence that we will very quickly find the perpetrators and, above all, the stolen goods.”
Anatomy of a lightning strike: how priceless jewels were stolen from the Louvre in Paris in just seven minutes
Taking advantage of works on the Seine façade, three assailants broke into the most famous museum in the world. Priceless assets stolen in an operation that authorities describe as meticulously planned
He robbery committed this Sunday at the Louvre museum It was not the work of improvisation. It was a meticulously planned operation that combined speed, precision and use of vulnerabilities venue-specific. In just seven minutesa group of thieves managed to steal nine pieces of the French crown jewels, leaving a trail that reveals both their preparation and their audacity.
Crowns, precious stones and one of the most famous diamonds in the world: the treasure of the Louvre Museum where jewels of “inestimable value” have been stolen
Several thieves have attacked the French museum and have managed to take nine jewels from one of the institution’s best-known rooms.
The nature and outcome of the assault on Louvre museumthe most visited museum in the world, has left experts and art lovers around the world stunned. The spectacular nature of the coup—perpetrated right in the heart of the emblematic Apollo Gallery, famous for housing the crown diamonds of more than twenty monarchs—caused not only panic among the visitors who witnessed it, but also several scenes of chaos in front of the glass doors of the museum.
Seven suspects in the Louvre Museum robbery
French police Search for seven people involved in the robbery of seven pieces from the Louvre Museum. The robbers attacked the French monument through a scaffolding and managed to take several jewels from the collection of Napoleon and the Empress. In the escape from the museum, they lost at least one piece, the crown of Empress Eugenia.
The Empress’s crown, stolen in the robbery, is found broken
The French authorities have found in the vicinity of the museum the broken crown of the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, according to Le Parisian. The crown was one of the jewels stolen from the museum by a group of robbers, who entered the Louvre early in the morning. Police sources confirmed to TF1 that between 5 and 10 coins have been stolen, among other objects. “During the escape from the museum, A gem has indeed been found. “It is still being evaluated,” said the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, to TF1.
The perpetrators of the theft were wearing yellow vests, probably to simulate that they were working on the remodeling works that are being carried out on one of the sides of the museum. In total, seven jewels have been taken from the museum, police sources have indicated to TF1.
The Minister of the Interior recognizes “a fragility” in the security of museums
The French Minister of the Interior, Laurent Núñez, has recognized in an interview with France Inter that “there is a fragility” in the security of the national museums, after a group of thieves stole several jewels of “incalculable” value from the Louvre in seven minutes.
The thieves entered the museum from the side, using a lifting platform, and gained access to the Apolo gallery after breaking the windows. Núñez has assured that “they acted very quickly”, but highlighted the work of the law enforcement forces, who arrived “immediately” and who are mobilized.
The Minister of the Interior recalled that a program was launched to improve the security of museums, but “You can’t prevent everything” and “zero risk cannot be expected to exist,” he added.
Museum evacuated “without incident”
The Louvre robbery has forced the museum to close and be evacuated. “The management of the museum, in collaboration with the police headquarters and the Ministry of the Interior, has decided, as a security measure and to preserve the clues and evidence of the investigation, to close the establishment today,” the ministries of Culture and the Interior have communicated. “The evacuation of the public took place without incident,” the statement added, ensuring that “no injuries were reported“, neither among the public nor among Louvre agents nor law enforcement,” they added.
