Louvre museum major heist took between six and seven minutes
France's Interior Ministry said that around 9.30am several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and fled on two-wheelers.
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00:00France's world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris was forced to close on Sunday after thieves broke into the Apollo gallery and stole valuable crown jewels.
00:12Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the thieves used a basket lift to access the room directly, forced a window and broke display cases to steal the jewels, before escaping on two-wheelers.
00:25He called it a major robbery, adding that the heist took seven minutes and the thieves used a disc cutter to slice through the paints.
00:34He said the items have inestimable historical value.
00:39Forensic work is underway and a precise inventory of the stolen objects is being compiled.
00:46According to local media, some of the stolen items include a necklace, a brooch, a tiara and more from the Napoleon and the Empress's jewelry collection.
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