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Louvre Reopens After €88 Million Jewel Heist as Manhunt Expands
- On Wednesday, the Louvre Museum in Paris reopened three days after a Sunday heist stole eight crown jewels worth about 88 million euros, including pieces tied to Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Eugénie.
- Security reviews found gaps after investigators detailed how the four masked thieves used a freight lift, mechanical ladders, and a battery-powered disc cutter, then fled on motorbikes while one in three rooms lacked CCTV.
- Investigators say they have identified four people at the scene, roughly 100 investigators are mapping the crew, and one damaged emerald-set imperial crown of Empress Eugénie was found outside the museum.
- Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said `We have failed`, and the government is rolling out a new command post with an expanded camera grid as Laurence des Cars, president-director of the Louvre, appears before the French Senate's culture committee Wednesday.
- Unions representing museum staff point to overcrowding and chronic understaffing, including a June staff walkout, while some officials compared the theft to the Notre-Dame fire, prompting a national reckoning over the 33,000-object collection.
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