As reported by NBC News, on Thursday, French investigators confirmed that they had found traces of DNA on the helmet and gloves. A new recording has also appeared regarding the search for the gang that spectacularly robbed the Louvre. On Thursday, the French media published a video by a bystander, which captured the moment of the thieves' escape from the museum.
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Last Sunday, there was a daring theft at the Louvre. Eight jewels were stolen from the Galerie d'Apollon. Among them was the tiara of Empress Eugenie, decorated with 2,000. diamonds and two necklaces. The theft at the Louvre was hailed as the “heist of the century”, and the value of the jewelry was estimated at over $100 million. On Thursday, recordings appeared showing criminals leaving the museum with loot.
During a hearing before the French Senate committee, the museum's director admitted that none of the surveillance cameras were watching the balcony on the second floor. It was from there that thieves entered the Louvre to steal historic jewels.
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Laurence des Cars told senators on Wednesday that the eastern balcony of the Galleria Apollo, through which thieves broke into the building on Sunday using an angle grinder, was not covered by the museum's old surveillance camera system.
Des Cars also revealed that private security guards outside the museum, who heard the alarms on their radio system, ran to the criminals' van and managed to stop the thieves from setting it on fire before escaping. This helped save valuable evidence.
Investigators confirmed that the gang fled on scooters from the museum, which reopened on Wednesday, although the Apollon gallery, from which the jewels were stolen, remains closed.
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The police had recordings from about 4,500 cameras at their disposal “in addition to approximately 38,000 interconnected cameras,” officials of the French capital said in a press release on Thursday.
The museum's director said that after the attack, France's culture minister submitted her resignation, but it was rejected.
About 100 investigators are involved in catching the thieves who robbed a French museum. They fight against time to find them before thieves melt the gems to sell them.
