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Speaking to the New York Times, Camus confirmed the man was an unidentified passerby and had no known connection to the case. Camus said he snapped the picture because he was drawn to the man's outfit and how it connected to the Louvre. The man appeared "old-fashioned like a museum can be," according to Camus.
Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,
The Louvre will remain closed for a second day running on Monday, management told the Agence France-Presse, after thieves stole crown jewels from the museum in Paris a day earlier. "The museum is not opening today,
Days after the spectacular break-in at the Louvre in Paris, some of the museum's valuable jewellery has been taken to the Banque de France for security reasons. It is not yet clear which exhibits were transfered but the crown jewels on display in the Apollo Gallery and other jewellery are said to have been moved.
PARIS -- As the alarms sounded at the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning, four suspects took off on two motorbikes, winding their way through central Paris, allegedly carrying with them a haul of "priceless" jewelry once worn by queens and royals.
Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they stole jewelry and fled.
Days after an audacious $100M Crown Jewel robbery, the Louvre reopens amid scrutiny over its security and missing treasures.
France's Ministry of Culture has released a list of the jewelry items stolen from the Louvre Museum during a robbery on Oct. 19. The weapon-wielding thieves made off with millions of dollars worth of valuables,
Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.
The investigative team searching for the robbers behind the Louvre heist is very large. Laure Beccuau, a Paris prosecutor in the office leading the investigation, told The Associated Press that around 100 investigators were involved in the police hunt for the jewels and the culprits.