Paris Louvre heist: Video shows jewel thieves escaping • FRANCE 24 English

This video filmed by security guards in the Louv shows two robbers leaving the crime scene. They make their way down with a boom lift stationed outside and escape on two scooters just seconds before the police arrive. Meanwhile, an alarm is raised in the museum, sending panicked crowds running out of the Louv upstairs, where the burglars broke in. A security guard had just started her shift and describes what happened. There were three of us at that moment on that level of the gallery. And so we saw something very violent, a very violent commotion, the noise, but without being able to interpret what it was, we thought it might be a visitor getting angry. We realized almost simultaneously that it was a robbery. So, in a matter of seconds, we evacuated everyone from the gallery and we closed all the connecting doors so that the intruders couldn’t get into the other rooms. The robbery lasted less than 5 minutes. At 9:34 a.m., two men climbed to the first floor. At 9:35 a.m., they broke the glass, entered the gallery, and attacked the display cases protecting the jewelry. This journalist was able to view the loose surveillance camera footage and see on the CCTV footage that the glass case protecting the jewelry was solid. The burglars used an angle grinder, but then were looking for other tools, too. And then one of them wearing a yellow vest managed to make a hole, but only after elbowing the glass very hard. 9:36 a.m. Two security guards try to intervene. They approach the thieves, but then back away, afraid that they might be armed. The criminals continue to attack the display cases. We see one of them reach in, grab the jewelry, put it into a bag, while the other one is having more trouble, literally shoulder charging the glass case like a rugby man. At 9:38 a.m., the two thieves flee the gallery. The jewelry falls to the ground and they pick it up. The thief wearing the helmet literally dives head first out onto the boom lift. He doesn’t even take the time to step over. He just swings himself over. So, you can see he’s in a hurry. Four days after this robbery, the investigation continues with the criminals still at large.

Video appears to show the thieves behind the Louvre heist escaping on a mechanical ladder. Two people can be seen looking around frantically as they slowly descend, minutes after the famed Paris museum was broken into and €88 million in crown jewels was stolen. The Louvre’s boss admitted Wednesday that staff had failed to spot them because there is only one camera on the gallery where the items were displayed. Liza Kaminov and France 2’s N. Perez and E. Venuto have the details.
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40 comments

  8. They’re very bothered by this aren’t they – idk why when they no doubt stole the jewels from its rightful country. I don’t remember ever hearing about precious stones being dug up in France.

  10. The guards basically watched it happen 🤦‍♀️ I feel bad for them because they clearly were not prepared for this situation and felt they could do nothing to stop it. Why bother having guards at all

  15. They aren’t guards, they tell visitors what time the museum closes, give directions to the restrooms and take photos for people with their cell phones…France is a joke, waste of time and $

  16. Nowadays, companies use hackers to probe into their security for vulnerabilities. Why not employing professional thieves to do the same for places like museums, instead of having a breach and a monumental security fiasco. I'm waiting for ocean 14th with some popcorn!

  29. This is what you get when real men are told they have toxic masculinity. Cowardly guards who are just being effeminate.

  34. Truly a shame for museum security….
    They are not ready for this. Why?
    Are the inner parties involved in this?
    Where are the cameras which covering the footage only few cameras available but there is very big areas?
    The thief breaks the windows and the glass easily is security is on its job and cameras is working or not

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