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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.
The footage shows two suspects descending a basket lift on the side of the museum before fleeing on motorbikes.
Another museum in France has been the target of brazen thieves. Approximately 2,000 gold and silver coins were stolen from Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Landres on Oct. 19, just hours after over $100 million worth of jewels were stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves suspects left behind after a jewelry heist at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News.
Two men have been arrested over a brazen daylight heist which saw thieves make off French crown jewels worth $157 million.
Experts say France's royal jewels may be gone forever after a daring heist at the Louvre. On Sunday, thieves stole eight pieces, including crowns and necklaces, in just four minutes.
See the apparent moment suspected thieves escaped the Louvre after stealing jewels worth more than $100 million.
It took seven minutes for thieves to execute a brazen daylight heist at the famed Louvre museum. Here's how they did it
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Louvre thieves left 150 clues in daring break-in, investigators say
French prosecutors are hopeful about catching the thieves behind last weekend's spectacular break-in at the Louvre museum in Paris, after investigators recovered more than 150 DNA samples, fingerprints and other clues at the scene of the heist.
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.