In just under 10 minutes, a group of professional thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre Museum ’s Apollo Gallery in broad daylight. The brazen robbery, carried out like a scene from a movie, has left France and the world stunned. Here’s a detailed timeline of the theft.

Louvre Heist: Minute-by-minute account

9:30 AM – A truck with an electric ladder, used for moving furniture through windows, arrived at the Louvre’s Quai François Mitterrand side. The thieves used it to reach a second-floor balcony where the loot happened.

9:34 AM- Two thieves disguised as construction workers climbed the ladder to the Apollo Gallery and sliced the window using a saw in the presence of the public. The alarm system was triggered immediately, though investigators later said some alarms may not h

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