Visitors pressed against the Louvre’s iron gates on Monday, peering through bars locked after thieves pulled off a daylight jewel heist inside the world-famous museum the day before.

Would-be museum-goers queued outside the famed tourist attraction for the scheduled 0900 (0700 GMT) opening, a day after robbers stole precious jewellery and fled on scooters.

But the mood soured when the museum announced it would stay closed for a second day.

“It’s my birthday, it was my gift, and I’ve wanted to come for several years, so I’m a bit upset,” Elisa Valentino, a 31-year-old visiting from Italy told AFP.

“I studied art… It’s even the only thing I had planned for my stay in Paris, and I’m leaving tomorrow,” she said, wiping away tears.

Lingering outside the closed gates, US tourist Jesslyn Ehl

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