The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of invaluable jewelry were stolen in a brazen robbery.

Speaking to France Inter radio station on Sunday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said that several individuals entered the Louvre that morning during what he called a “major robbery” that lasted minutes. According to the former Paris police chief, it was “clearly a team that had done their homework” as the windows were cut with a power tool.

“Jewelry that has historical and priceless value” had been taken, Nunez said. “But I can’t tell you any more at this time.”

“We are working hard at the moment to find the perpetrators,” he added, while confirming that no one was injured.

Culture Minister Rachida Dati later told TF1 that the gang broke into the Ga

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