00:00Thieves in balaclavas, or ski masks, steal priceless objects from an area in Paris' Louvre Museum that houses the French crown jewels.
00:09The thieves broke into the museum on Sunday, October 19, using a crane to smash an upstairs window and escaped using motorbikes.
00:16Paris prosecutor Laura Bacquois says the robbery took between six and seven minutes and was done by four unarmed suspects who threatened guards with angle grinders.
00:25She adds a total of nine objects were targeted by the criminals and eight were actually stolen.
00:30The robbery raises serious concerns about the museum's security, where officials had already warned about lack of investment at the famous site which houses artworks like the Mona Lisa and had 8.7 million visitors in 2024.
00:42Meantime, President Emmanuel Macron says it is, quote, an attack on a heritage that we cherish because it is our history.
00:49We will recover the works and the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
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