US EditionLouvre Jewel Heist: Window Used to Loot $102 Million Attracts Tourists; Social Media Quips, ‘This Attraction Is Free’
- The Louvre Museum reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves stole the crown jewels worth approximately $102 million from the Apollo Gallery.
- The break-in was executed by four criminals who used a stolen freight elevator to access the gallery.
- Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau reported that no arrests have been made and the theft remains under investigation.
- Laurence des Cars, the president and director of the Louvre, is scheduled to explain the burglary and security plans to the Senate Culture Committee.
47 Articles
47 Articles
Louvre jewel heist: Window used to loot $102 million attracts tourists; social media quips, ‘This attraction is free’
Louvre Museum's broken window has taken the spotlight after $102 million jewel heist. It has become the new tourist attraction which ignited discussions online.
Cameras Did Not Cover Jewel Heist Window, Louvre Boss Reveals
With France still stunned from Sunday’s brazen crown jewel heist at the Louvre Museum, its Director Laurence des Cars said Wednesday that the exterior security cameras do not offer full coverage of the museum’s facade, and the window through which the thieves broke in was not monitored by CCTV. The world-famous museum reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday morning in Paris after the heist. Footage shared on social media showed crowds queu…
Dear Aldo, it is disconcerting and thrilling to allow four men, with indifference and precision, to take away precious jewels from one
The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened its doors, with restrictions, three days after the spectacular theft of eight historic Crown jewels
The president of the Louvre museum, Laurence des Cars, underlined the “major wound” that has caused the theft of eight jewels of “an immense heritage value” in those working in the museum and toned a mea culpa for the collective “failure” that this implies, in addition to asking for a police station to be able to react more quickly.Des Cars, who appeared on Wednesday 22 October before the Senate Culture Committee, acknowledged that before the “i…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
