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Robbery at Louvre Museum in Paris

Louvre museum robbery: Jewels gone in daring heist

Thieves stole items from the Louvre, one of Paris’ most iconic attractions, Sunday morning as tourists were already inside. Here’s what French officials said happened.

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Louvre robbery leaves Paris' iconic museum shuttered for a second day

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Louvre Museum heist: Jewels with 'inestimable' value stolen from Napoleon collection

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French police may nab Louvre thieves but unlikely to recover their loot

Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while law enforcement often catches the thieves, they struggle to recover the p...

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Stolen Louvre jewellery worth €88m, prosecutor says

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The Search Is On for the Louvre Jewel Thieves. Here’s What We Know.

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What jewels did the Louvre thieves steal?

The thieves pulled up outside the Louvre on Sunday morning (local time), on a road along the Seine river, and climbed an extendable ladder to break into an upper window that looks into the Galerie d'A...

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Louvre heist sparks security scramble across French museums

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'It's like a scene from a film' - Paris tourists surprised at Louvre jewel theft

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Louvre remains closed a day after daring theft of Napoleonic jewels

The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security measures at cultural sites across France.

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Thieves steal crown jewels from Louvre

In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ‘s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels,

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Louvre stays closed as France hunts jewel thieves

The Louvre was closed for a second day Monday as police hunted for thieves who broke in and stole priceless jewels in a spectacular daylight robbery.

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An audit by the French Court of Auditors had already warned the Louvre about its "considerable and persistent" security issues before the robbery

The Ministry of the Interior has called a meeting to review the security of the museum, which will also be attended by the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati. The Louvre Museum has closed this Monday for the second consecutive day while the four thieves who yesterday took eight jewels from Napoleon and the Empress's collection remain at large,