According to French media citing preliminary clues from the police investigation and sources inside the Louvre, in the early morning of today (October 19) local time, several masked suspects broke into the Louvre in Paris from the construction area on the side of the Seine River and used elevators to enter the Apollo Gallery exhibition area, breaking glass and stealing many pieces of collections.

The Louvre Museum announced earlier that the museum was temporarily closed to the public today. (Headquarters reporter Zhu Xuesong)