Louvre robbery: five more arrested, but the jewels remain missing
According to RTL radio, the suspects were simultaneously detained on the evening of October 29 in various areas of the Paris region. Paris Prosecutor Laura Becco stated that it is still “too early” to release profiles of the suspects.
“The jewels were not found during this wave of arrests,” RTL reported.
Earlier, it was reported that one of the suspects, a 34-year-old French-Algerian man, was arrested at Roissy Airport before boarding a flight to Algeria. He is unemployed, already known to police, and was identified through DNA traces found on one of the scooters used in the crime.
The second suspect, a 39-year-old Frenchman, was arrested in Aubervilliers and is already known to police for aggravated theft. His DNA was found on one of the broken windows.
According to the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, the detained individuals “partially admitted their guilt.”
On October 19, the Louvre Museum was robbed within minutes. According to BFMTV, the robbers arrived on scooters, used an external freight elevator to reach the windows, smashed them, and entered the museum. They stole jewels from the collections of Napoleon and Empress Josephine, then escaped.
French President Emmanuel Macron described the Louvre robbery as an “attack on the nation’s heritage and history.” Meanwhile, Telegram founder Pavel Durov linked the heist to the “decline of once-great France” and expressed his willingness to buy back the stolen jewels.
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