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France’s Louvre Museum to remain closed after heist
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French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
France’s most visited museum, the Louvre, will remain closed today, a spokesperson says, after a spectacular jewel heist yesterday shocked the country.
France’s Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin admitted to security flaws in protecting the Louvre that had led to robbers a day earlier stealing imperial jewels in broad daylight from the famed Paris museum.
“What is certain is that we have failed, since people were able to park a furniture hoist in the middle of Paris, get people up it in several minutes to grab priceless jewels and give France a terrible image,” he told France Inter radio.
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