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Video shows one of the suspected Louvre jewel thieves brazenly cutting through a glass case using a mini chainsaw before making off with the loot during Sunday’s heist at the Paris art gallery, French media has reported.
The short clip shows the alleged thief, wearing a yellow hi-viz jacket over a black hoodie, casually cutting through the protective case, French outlet BFMTV reported.
The video does not show the thief leaving the gallery.
A total of nine precious items from France’s Crown Jewels were taken during Sunday’s daring raid, with one of them, a crown that once belonged to Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie, being later recovered, French magistrate Laure Beccuau told Le Parisien.
“We have CCTV footage from the museum itself,” she said, adding that the suspected thieves were highly “prepared” and “organized.”
So far, no details have been given about the identities of the robbers, who allegedly drove an aerial work platform up to the side of the world-famous art gallery before using miniature chainsaws to access the building through the window.
It took the gang of three less than 10 minutes to enter the building at 9:30 a.m. and make off with the loot.
