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Heist at the Louvre, Historic Jewelry Antiques Stolen Mina D reports
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A Movie like Heist at the Louvre in Paris.
Here are the details from BBC
The Louvre Museum in Paris is still closed on Monday while police investigate a brazen heist which targeted France's priceless crown jewels.
Thieves wielding power tools broke into the world's most visited museum in broad daylight, before escaping on scooters with eight extremely valuable items of jewellery.
Here is what we know about the crime which has stunned France.
The gang reportedly arrived at 09:30 local time, shortly after the museum opened to visitors.
Four suspects arrived with a vehicle-mounted mechanical lift to gain access to the Galerie d'Apollon (Gallery of Apollo) via a balcony close to the River Seine.
Pictures from the scene showed the ladder leading up to a first-floor window.
Two of the thieves got inside by cutting through the window with power tools.
They then threatened the guards, who evacuated the premises, and cut through the glass of two display cases containing jewels.
A preliminary report has revealed that one in three rooms in the area of the museum raided had no CCTV cameras, according to French media.
French police say the thieves were inside for four minutes and made their escape on two scooters waiting outside at 09:38.
