PARIS (AP) – The Louvre reopened on Wednesday to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid, just three days after one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century.
The thieves slipped in and out of the famed museum – making off with eight pieces from France´s Crown Jewels – a cultural wound that some officials compared to the burning of Notre-Dame cathedral in 2019.
Authorities say the thieves spent less than four minutes inside the Louvre on Sunday morning: a freight lift was wheeled to the Seine-facing façade, a window was forced open and two vitrines were smashed.
Then came the getaway on motorbikes through central Paris…
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