Overview

• Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said three to four masked attackers used a crane on a truck and a freight elevator to reach the Galerie d’Apollon around 9:30 a.m. local time.
• The thieves smashed display cases with small chainsaws, seized nine pieces from the Napoleonic and royal collection, and escaped on scooters.
• No injuries were reported, and the Louvre announced it would remain closed for “exceptional reasons” while forensic teams process the site.
• The Paris prosecutor opened a probe into organized group robbery, with the judicial police coordinating alongside France’s cultural goods trafficking agency.
• Authorities reported one stolen jewel recovered near the museum, apparently damaged, and an internal Louvre source told Le Parisien the Regent diamond was not taken as the final list of missing items is compiled.