Four Masked Thieves Target Crown Jewels in Daring Louvre Museum Heist

Oct 20, 2025 01:52 am CST

French authorities are hunting for four masked thieves who executed a meticulously planned heist at the Louvre Museum, stealing eight priceless historical jewelry pieces from the Apollo Gallery housing France's crown jewels before escaping on high-powered scooters. Paris's chief prosecutor Laure Beccuau described the perpetrators as an organized "strike team" in this brazen attack on one of the world's most famous museums.