Louvre, Jewels and Daylight Heist
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PARIS - The Louvre in Paris reopened on Wednesday, three days after thieves made off with historic jewellery worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million) in a spectacular heist that has raised urgent questions over security lapses at the museum.
So says retired FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly, who for two decades led the investigation into the 1990 theft of masterworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Kelly, now a partner in a company that assesses museum security, believes jewels were pilfered from the Louvre because they are easier to sell than a painting.
France's Interior Ministry said that around 9.30am several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and fled on two-wheelers.View on euronews
Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
Going by Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau's description, the thieves that broke into the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning stole jewelry that has "sentimental value and is priceless". The perpetrators of the crime used an angle grinder to force open a window of the museum and then used the same tool to threaten security guards.
Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in a seven-minute heist using disc cutters before escaping on motorbikes.