US EditionGold worth $900,000 stolen in Paris museum heist
The theft by a professional group exploited security flaws, targeting gold samples with immeasurable heritage value amid a series of recent museum robberies in France.
- Thieves broke into Paris' Natural History Museum on September 16, stealing gold samples valued at €600,000, according to the museum's press office.
- The intruders used an angle grinder and a blow torch to enter the museum, which is popular with visitors, as reported by the museum.
- An unnamed police source stated that the museum's alarm systems had been disabled due to a cyber attack in July, with uncertain functionality during the theft.
- Museum director Emmanuel Skoulios noted that the theft involved a professional team, emphasizing the specific targeting of valuable items.
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Unknown perpetrators have stolen several gold nuggets from the Natural History Museum in Paris, causing around 600,000 euros in damage. "These specimens have immense heritage value," a museum spokesman explained.
Thieves broke into the Natural History Museum in Paris on Tuesday and stole samples of pure gold worth about 600,000 euros (nearly 15 million crowns), the museum said. According to management, it was a professionally executed operation and the thieves targeted pieces with high historical value. The alarm was apparently not working at the time of the theft.
The Natural History Museum of Paris was robbed on the night of Monday 15th to Tuesday 16th September. The criminals stole 6 kilos of gold nuggets for a damage of several hundreds of thousands of euros....
A theft has taken place at the Natural History Museum in Paris, where gold samples worth $700,000 were stolen. The incident is the latest in a series of robberies targeting French cultural institutions.
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