4 arrested in $102 million Louvre jewel heist
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Paris prosecutors announced Sunday the first arrest of suspects in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre.
The director of the Louvre Museum has acknowledged a “terrible failure” at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world’s most-visited museum, and said she offered to resign, but it was refused.
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Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man photographed after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz
PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates. Instinctively, he took the shot.
Officials say suspects used a truck-mounted basket lift and power tools to carry out the brazen Sunday morning theft at the world’s most-visited museum.