France’s Louvre Struck by Thieves in Daring Daytime Jewel Heist

The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of invaluable jewelry were stolen in a brazen robbery.

Speaking to France Inter radio station on Sunday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said that several individuals entered the Louvre that morning during what he called a “major robbery” that lasted minutes. According to the former Paris police chief, it was “clearly a team that had done their homework” as the windows were cut with a power tool. The robbers are suspected to have used a furniture elevator to enter the Louvre Museum.

French police officers stand guard in front of the Louvre after the robbery on Oct. 19.

Photographer: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

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