Louvre jewel heist valued at $102 mn
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Museums are notoriously hard to protect. The Paris heist may have more in common with a "smash and grab" than a glamorous movie plot.
It took less than eight minutes for thieves in Paris to steal over $100 million worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world’s most visited museum
The Louvre's director has acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend.
Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.
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How thieves robbed the Louvre in just 7 minutes: A minute-by-minute breakdown of the daring heist
Seven minutes is all it took for thieves to rob the world’s most famous museum Sunday. Here's a minute-by-minute breakdown of how it went down.
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Trinity High School students from western Kentucky were on a tour of the Louvre in Paris over the weekend when thieves stole more than $100 million worth of jewels, WFIE reported.
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Video from the crime scene outside the Louvre in Paris appears to show the tools used by thieves who broke into the museum on Sunday, stealing an “inestimable” value of jewels.
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