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According to Xinhua Agency, a robbery occurred on the morning of October 19 at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the capital of France, and the museum subsequently announced that it would be temporarily closed for one day.
French Minister of Culture Racida Dati wrote on social media that day: "A robbery occurred when the Louvre opened this morning. No one was injured." Dati said she was working with museum staff and police to handle the incident on the spot, and relevant investigations were underway.
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In just seven minutes, nine Napoleonic jewels were stolen.
According to AFP, the incident occurred between 9:30 and 9:40 a.m. local time.Several suspectsFrench Interior Minister Laurent Nunez called the stolen jewelry “value a city” and said “three or four” thieves targeted the exhibition at the Apollo Gallery and completed the robbery under the sunlight in just seven minutes.
Following the incident, visitors were quickly evacuated.The official website of the Louvre also shows: "The Louvre Museum is suspended for special reasons today, pre-sales tickets can be refunded, thank you for your understanding."
On social media, some netizens posted photos of the suspected site. According to the user, he walked along the side of the Seine River after being evacuated to the suspected site. From the photo, a small ladder was mounted on the fence of the second floor. This elevator was widely used throughout Paris to transport furniture upstairs. A glass on the window was removed, and the suspect was suspected to have entered the window. There was media explosion, and the suspect carried a small electric saw.
Although there is no specific list of stolen items, the Paris Man revealed that three thieves stole nine jewelry from Napoleon and the queen's jewelry collection, and two men broke windows, entered the building and stole nine jewelry from Napoleon and the queen - a necklace, a chest needle, and so on.
The prosecutor's office said the case had been investigated for organized theft and criminal delinquency, adding that "the losses are currently being assessed."
The Apollo Promenade is one of the most resplendent palaces in the Louvre, mainly displaying the French royal jewelry and diamond collections.
Witnesses said they thought it was a terrorist attack.
Hera (pseudonym), who is engaged in explaining work at the Louvre, told reporters that she had a work appointment at 10 a.m. that day, so she arrived at the entrance of the Louvre 20 minutes early. On arrival, Hera found that the Louvre was closed. The staff at the door told her that shortly after the normal door opened at 9 a.m., it was closed for unknown reasons. Because there was no official news at that time, Hera did not care and waited at the intersection. Soon, the sound of a large number of police cars roaring past was heard, which made her feel a little shaken, and the audience who had already entered the venue were evacuated in a very short period of time.
It was around 10:30 a.m. local time, when a friend working in the Louvre came to Herav, telling her that the Louvre jewelry hall had been robbed.
"I was a little scared at first because there was no definite information at first, but the staff sent me a message saying that there seemed to be gunmen inside. At that time, I was wondering if there would be a terrorist attack because I was right at the door." Hera told the cover news reporter,"After getting the exact information, I was not too shocked. Because the security of the Louvre has always been average and in name. But I still feel very heartbroken, because this is the cultural heritage of all mankind. These things may never be found back in the future, and then they will never be seen again."
Many museums in France were stolen, including some cultural relics produced in China
In fact, the robbery of the Louvre Museum is the third robbery of major French museums in the past two months.
On September 17, the National Museum of Natural History in Paris was stolen by thieves, and natural gold nugget specimens worth about US$700,000 were stolen. "We are facing a very professional team who knows the goal very well and carry professional equipment," the curator said.
On September 4, the famous Adrian Duboucher National Museum in Limoges, southwestern France issued a notice stating that three unique China porcelain pieces were stolen from the museum, including two pieces of porcelain from Jingdezhen, China (dated from the 14th and 15th centuries respectively), and an 18th century vase. It is reported that the insured value of these stolen cultural relics exceeds US$7 million.
In fact, robberies against French museums have occurred frequently since last year. In November last year, four men armed with axes and baseball bats smashed the display cabinet during the day at the Connac-Jay Museum in Paris, and many 18th century works were stolen. On the second day of the incident, another armed robbery occurred in a museum in Thorne-Loire, central France, and jewelry worth millions of euros was stolen.
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