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fromAxios
1 month ago
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What to know about the heist at Paris' Louvre museum

Thieves used a lift and angle grinder to enter the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon, stole jewelry including items from the French Crown Jewels, and fled on motorcycles.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
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Priceless' jewels stolen from France's Louvre Museum in four-minute heist

Thieves used power tools and a lift to enter the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon, stealing priceless crown jewels in a four-minute heist; the museum closed for the day.
fromThe Local France
1 week ago

Paris prosecutor announces four more arrests over Louvre heist

The thieves parked a moving truck with a ladder below the museum's Apollo Gallery housing the French crown jewels, ascended in a bucket, broke a window and used angle grinders to cut into glass display booths containing the treasures. Four people have already been arrested and charged over the theft - three men and a woman. One of those men, a 37-year-old, was in a couple with the woman and they have children, Beccuau said earlier this month.
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fromwww.thelocal.fr
1 month ago

OPINION: Louvre jewel theft shows that France is simply too rich

France possesses vast cultural treasures but lacks sufficient funds and political will to protect and properly present many historic assets.
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