Overview

• The Culture Ministry now says eight jewels were taken, with authorities continuing to assess the full inventory and damage.
• At least one item, identified by officials as Empress Eugénie’s crown, was recovered near the museum in damaged condition.
• Three to four masked perpetrators used a nacelle mounted on a truck to breach a window and cut into two display cases with power tools.
• The operation lasted about seven minutes before the thieves fled on powerful TMax scooters; one scooter was later found, and no injuries were reported as visitors were evacuated.
• The Paris prosecutor opened a case for organized theft and association of criminals, entrusting the BRB with support from the OCBC, while Culture Minister Rachida Dati and Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez visited the scene.