A robbery at the Louvre Museum…preliminary details indicate the theft of jewelry "Napoleon"
A theft occurred in The Louvre Museum in the French capital, Paris, where jewelry was stolen, according to what was reported by the French news agency.
The French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, announced today, Sunday, that a theft had occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris, at a time when the world-famous museum announced its closure.
And she wrote through her account on "X": "There was a theft this morning when opening Louvre Museum", while the Louvre Museum announced that it will close its doors for today "For exceptional reasons"without providing further details about what was stolen.
You will be rewarded with what lies at the same time à The output of — Rachida Dati n (@datirachida)
No injuries were reported. Dati said she was in The museum, and investigations are ongoing.
Paris police said that one or more criminals broke into the museum, but did not provide any details about the possible theft of the artworks, according to Agence France-Presse.
Louvre Museum officials could not immediately be reached for comment, according to French media reports.
Preliminary details about the theft of the Louvre Museum
A newspaper reported "Le Parisien" The French newspaper said that the criminals entered the sprawling building from the facade overlooking the Seine River, where construction work was taking place.She said that they used a freight elevator to reach directly to the target room in the Apollo exhibition. After smashing the windows, they stole, according to a newspaper "Le Parisien", "Nine pieces from the Napoleon and Empress jewelry collection".
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