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Thieves stole jewelry from the Louvre Museum, in , on Sunday morning (19/10), before fleeing.
Due to what happened, the institution will be closed for the entire day.
The incident occurred, according to initial investigations, between 9:30 am and 9:40 am (local time, 4:30 am in Brasília). The value of what was taken was being assessed this Sunday morning.
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The criminals, whose number has not yet been released, would have arrived on a scooter and used a freight elevator to access the room of interest. They were armed with small chainsaws, according to a police source.
According to French media reports, Napoleon and the empress were stolen: a necklace, a brooch, a tiara and much more. The extent of the damage has not yet been determined.
The French newspaper Le Parisien stated, based on information from an internal source at the Louvre, that the largest diamond in the collection was not stolen.
Napoleon’s Coronation
The Regent diamond weighs 140 carats and was mounted on a parade sword that Napoleon used at his coronation in 1804.
The theft was announced by the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati.
In a message on her X account, Dati stated that the robbery occurred during the opening of the Louvre and that she was already there, with the museum team and the police. “Investigations are ongoing,” he added.
In its account on X, the museum simply stated that it will be closed this Sunday “for exceptional reasons”.
The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world, having received almost 9 million visitors in 2024, 80% of which are foreigners.
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