Thieves Execute Jewelry Heist at the Louvre Museum in Broad Daylight

Summary • The Louvre Museum in Paris was hit by a brazen daylight jewelry heist that lasted approximately seven minutes • Thieves used a mechanized lift and angle grinders to access the Galerie d’Apollon and steal eight pieces of "priceless" Napoleonic-era jewels • The museum was immediately closed for investigation, and the stolen items, including emerald and sapphire sets, are considered to be of inestimable historical value

The world's most visited museum was the scene of a brazen jewelry heist this Sunday, as professional thieves executed a minutes-long operation at the Louvre Museum in Paris. As if straight out of a scene from a film, the robbery, which may have been more of a recession indicator than anything else, points towards the daylight strike, which occurred shortly aft