Brazen heist at the Louvre! Thieves steal priceless jewelry from one of the world's most secure museums. Watch to find out how the daring robbery unfolded and what treasures were taken."
Louvre museum hit by daring jewelry heist! Find out what was stolen and how the thieves pulled off the impossible."
00:00Hello, I am Irfan and you are watching my channel Global Insights.
00:04Today news is about masked thieves steal priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum.
00:10Investigators are looking for several men who made off with what officials describe as priceless jewels following a brazen robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday morning.
00:20NPR was informed by a spokesperson for the museum that the suspects broke in through a window that led to the Apollo Gallery,
00:26which houses some of the museum's most valuable exhibits, shortly after the museum opened.
00:32Armed with small chainsaws and box cutters, they smashed display cases before fleeing on Yamaha T-Max scooters toward a nearby highway.
00:40Authorities say the exact list of stolen items is still being drawn up, but the pieces are believed to come from the museum's Napoleonic collection.
00:48Culture Minister Rakata Dady told the French TV channel TF1 that one of the stolen jewels was later found near the museum.
00:55Apparently abandoned as the thieves fled.
00:58The Louvre spokesperson described the items as being of inestimable cultural and historical value.
01:05France's interior minister, Laurent Nunez, called the theft a major, highly organized operation that lasted just seven minutes.
01:14The missing items were of true heritage value, truly priceless.
01:19Nunez told France into radio, adding,
01:22There's a judicial investigation underway.
01:25Before entering, the robbers, according to Nunez, used a truck-mounted lift platform to reach a window.
01:32He said there were three to four suspects in total, describing them as a very experienced team that acted extremely quickly,
01:38and adding that all central police units in Paris have been mobilized to track them down.
01:43The museum was quickly evacuated, and will remain closed Sunday to preserve evidence for investigators.
01:50One of the Louvre's most famous rooms, the Apollo Gallery houses many of France's royal treasures,
01:55and will reopen in 2020 after extensive renovations.
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