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In broad daylight, amid the bustling crowds of the world’s most visited museum, a team of thieves pulled off a daring seven-minute robbery Sunday that stunned Paris and the world.

Using a truck-mounted lift and power tools, they smashed through the Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon and made off with priceless French Crown Jewels valued at more about $102 million — an audacious crime that exposed gaping security flaws and inflicted a cultural wound comparable to the burning of Notre-Dame [1].

How the thieves snuck into the Louvre

At 9:30 a.m. Sunday, a small truck equipped with a monte-meuble (basket l

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