Overview

• Authorities say a small team posing as workers used a truck-mounted platform to breach a Seine-side window and cut display cases in the Galerie d’Apollon around 9:30 a.m., prompting evacuation with no injuries.
• The Culture Ministry’s official list cites eight missing objects of incalculable patrimonial value, including tiaras, collars, earrings and brooches linked to Napoleonic and crown collections.
• One piece—the Empress Eugénie crown—was found near the museum with damage, leaving seven items still unaccounted for as police warn of risks if jewels are dismantled or melted.
• Investigators are reviewing CCTV and forensic evidence, with specialist cultural-property units involved, and initial reports describe three to four masked suspects who fled on motorcycles.
• Officials are examining possible ties to recent museum thefts in France, the Louvre was temporarily closed for evidence work, and national authorities ordered strengthened protection of cultural sites.