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Thieves executed a rapid four-minute robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing Napoleon-era jewels using a basket lift and disc cutter. The incident highlights renewed concerns over museum security and public safety.
Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in a seven-minute heist using disc cutters before escaping on motorbikes.
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed Sunday after "priceless" jewels were stolen in a brazen daytime burglary.
On this day 114 years ago, a handyman walked into the Louvre Museum in Paris and walked out with the most famous painting in the world. That's right, the Mona Lisa was stolen on Aug. 21, 1911, so inconspicuously its search led to a comedy of errors so ...