Louvre museum closed after robbery, says France’s culture minister
Paris: France’s iconic Louvre museum was closed on Sunday due to a robbery, the country’s culture minister said.
Rachida Dati said on social media that no injuries were reported but an investigation had been launched.
“There was a robbery at the opening of the Louvre Museum this morning,” he wrote to X.
The Louvre said it was closed “for exceptional reasons”, without providing further details about the specifics of the robbery.
A global symbol of French culture, the Louvre is one of the capital’s most heavily guarded sites.
Despite its security, the museum has been subject to occasional violations; The most famous of these is the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in 1911.
In the Louvre.Credit: Bloomberg
based in paris Liberation The newspaper claimed that four people broke the first floor window after the museum opened on Sunday. He reported that “they emptied two storefronts before escaping.”
The newspaper said CCTV had been reviewed and initial reports suggested thieves armed with chainsaws had used a freight elevator on Quai François Mitterrand to reach the window.
