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Gone in 4 minutes: Dramatic moment Louvre thief breaks into display case during brazen heist in Paris

Dramatic video shows the moment thieves at the Louvre broke into plinths protecting priceless jewels during a heist on Sunday.A hooded man wearing a high-visibility jacket is seen meddling with a large display case at the famed art museum in camera-phone footage.

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Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in brazen heist

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Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewelry from the Louvre in 7-minute raid

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Thieves rob France's Louvre of priceless jewels in bold daytime heist

Thieves in balaclavas broke into Paris' Louvre museum on Sunday, using a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an area that houses the French crown jewels before esca...

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Di 'priceless' jewels robbers tiff from Louvre Museum for Paris

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Visitors evacuate Paris' Louvre museum after jewelry heist

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Louvre jewellery heist: How masked gang raided museum and snatched ‘priceless’ jewels in broad daylight

In just seven minutes, the thieves are reported to have taken around nine “priceless” jewels from a collection once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte’s family and the Empress Marie Louise.

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'Priceless' jewels stolen in raid on Louvre Museum in Paris

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Masked gang steal Napoleon’s jewellery from Louvre

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Expert Says Stolen Louvre Jewels Need to Be Recovered in 24-to-48 Hours or They're 'Long Gone': Report

The museum remains closed as an investigation into the potentially "organized crime" continues.

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Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

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Stolen treasures, a crown in the gutter - and serious questions for Louvre security

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Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist

The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security measures at c...

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Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

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Louvre Remains Closed as Police Hunt Jewel Thieves. Here’s What to Know.

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Louvre jewel theft: latest in string of museum heists

In the early hours of September 4, 1972 -- Canada's Labour Day holiday -- three masked robbers armed with machine guns and rifles took advantage of building repair work to slip into the Montreal Museu...

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French police hunt experienced, possibly ‘foreign’, Louvre heist team

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'It's like a scene from a film' - Paris tourists surprised at Louvre jewel theft

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Here’s What to Know About the Louvre Jewelry Heist: ‘Like a Scenario Out of a Film’

The Louvre was a former royal palace that became a museum after the French Revolution. It is the world’s largest art museum, home to some of the most famous artworks in the world, like the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace.

Louvre’s Jewels Plundered In A Dazzling Daytime Caper

A daring daylight heist at Paris’s Louvre Museum saw thieves steal priceless jewels, forcing the museum to close as police investigate.

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Daring Louvre heist could have been commissioned by a collector, officials say

The crew of chainsaw-wielding thieves who brazenly robbed The Louvre of priceless jewels in the highest-profile museum theft in living memory may have been hired by a collector, officials said. Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said authorities are investigating whether the heist was commissioned by a collector.

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

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Louvre museum closed after robbery, French official says

Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole priceless jewelry in a seven-minute heist using disc cutters before escaping on motorbikes.