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A politician serving as the Minister of Justice in France said the country "failed" after thieves with chainsaws stole "priceless jewels" from the Louvre

Four perpetrators broke into the famed museum in broad daylight on Oct. 19

“The French feel like they have been robbed,” Gérald Darmanin said

Gérald Darmanin, a French politician serving as Minister of Justice in the country, is speaking out about the seven-minute heist that occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris, resulting in the loss of jewelry worth millions.

Hours after thieves broke into the famed museum on Oct. 19 and stole the items from display cases, Darmanin, 53, admitted to France Inter radio that security protocols “failed” to prevent the four-person heist.

"What is certain is that we have failed," he

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