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Four thieves broke in through a window at 9:30am and stole eight priceless 19th-century jewels including royal crowns and emeralds, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Louvre museum in Paris closed after thieves stole eight objects from the Galerie d'Apollon in a daylight robbery around 9:30am, forcing visitors to evacuate.
- The gallery hosts the Galerie d'Apollon royal collection of hardstone vessels and 19th-century artifacts, and the Louvre museum, Paris, recalls its famous 1911 Mona Lisa theft.
- Several thieves used a lift truck to enter through a window into the Galerie d'Apollon; they allegedly covered their faces, carried angle grinders, threatened museum guards, and fled on motorcycles with two abandoned pieces left behind.
- Paris prosecutors opened an investigation and evacuated visitors, reporting no injuries while the damage and stolen property are being assessed.
- Officials noted the 19th-century loot is `priceless` and the event recalls the 1911 Mona Lisa theft, while Laurent Nuñez, France's interior minister, said the raid seemed professional.
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The Trentonian
The Louvre’s crown jewel heist is now a race against time for authorities — and the brazen thieves
By LAURIE KELLMAN and JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The glittering sapphires, emeralds, and diamonds that once adorned France’s royals could well be gone forever, experts said Tuesday after a brazen, four-minute heist in broad daylight left the nation stunned and the government struggling to explain a new debacle at the Louvre. Each stolen piece — an emerald necklace and earrings, two crowns, two brooches, a sapphire necklace and…
After the burglary in one of the most famous museums, many Parisians ask themselves: How was such a coup possible in broad daylight? Apparently, there is not even camera surveillance in many halls.
La Nación, Grupo Nación
www.diariolibre.comParis. From a diadem used “almost every day” by Empress Eugenia to the impossibility of selling these pieces in her state. Five essential things about the historical “unstimable” jewels stolen on Sunday in a spectacular operation at the Louvre museum in Paris.1.Imminent ownersThe stolen pieces went through two centuries of history and were owned by important sovereigns and empertrices of France.The pearl diadem of Eugenia was made by the famous …
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