[# Macron listens to the progress of the theft of the Louvre #] # Paris Police Department's Major Crime Unit investigates the theft of the Louvre # The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, was robbed on the morning of 19th, and the museum then announced its temporary closure for one day.
Reporters from the headquarters learned that preliminary clues from the French police investigation and information from insiders at the Louvre showed that in the early morning of the same day, 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 exhibition area of the Apollo Gallery. After breaking the glass, many pieces of collectibles were stolen.
According to sources, the suspect escaped after stealing nine Napoleonic jewelry. #Louvre was stolen in just seven minutes. # French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed that the suspect stole extremely valuable jewelry and quickly escaped after the case, taking only about seven minutes. #Nunez said the Louvre's major armed robbery exposed the French museum system to "greater security vulnerabilities."
French culture minister Dati said no one was injured in the incident. She then confirmed that a jewel was left while the suspects escaped and has now been recovered. She said “visitors have been evacuated and the assets are extremely valuable” and said the operation lasted “only about four minutes”. Nunez said the police are pursuing all three to four perpetrators, without excluding the possibility that the suspects are foreigners. He also said that it was clearly a “group of pre-stepping, experienced arrivals, and extremely fast action” and announced that all of the Paris Police Department’s core departments will fully engage in action.
He said he had “full confidence” in finding the perpetrators as soon as possible. The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that the case had been investigated on charges of “organized gang theft” and “association for the commission of a crime”.
The Elysée Palace of the French presidential palace said President Macron had been listening to Interior Minister Nunes and Culture Minister Dati in real-time since the morning of the 19th to report on the progress of the armed robberies at the Louvre and the investigation of the case.