It's been two days since the daring daylight robbery at the Louvre, and new information has since been released. Here are the details that are known as of now.

At 9:30 a.m., the thieves (who were dressed like workmen) parked a truck under the windows of the Apollo Gallery. To break into the gallery, they carved the glass with the disc cutter, setting off the security alarm. They threatened guards with the disc cutter and smashed two display cases, grabbing the jewels while the Louvre’s staff members evacuated the museum.

Image sources/credit: Google Earth (basemap); Paris prosecutor. Samuel Granados/The New York Times

By 9:38, the thieves had mounted two high-powered scooters waiting for them outside, and then drove away. The entire incident took around seven minutes, according to the F

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