Overview

• Three to four masked suspects used a truck-mounted nacelle to reach a first-floor window, cut through glass with disc saws, and fled on TMax scooters.
• The Louvre closed for the day to preserve evidence as visitors were evacuated without injuries and ministers Rachida Dati and Laurent Nuñez went to the scene.
• Prosecutors opened an inquiry for organized theft, assigning the Brigade de répression du banditisme with support from the cultural-goods trafficking office.
• Investigators are assessing the loss after thieves targeted two vitrines holding Napoleonic and imperial jewels, with early counts ranging from seven to nine pieces.
• A damaged piece believed to be Empress Eugénie’s crown was recovered near the museum, and at least one scooter used in the escape was found.