The Daily Populous Sunday October 19th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by bbc.co.uk and submitted by Benjaland

A manhunt is under way for a gang of thieves who carried out a broad daylight raid on Paris' Louvre Museum and stole jewels described as priceless.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said it took just a few minutes for the masked suspects to carry out the burglary on Sunday morning, shortly after the museum opened to visitors.

The gang appear to have used a mechanical ladder to access a first-floor window, before smashing through display cases and escaping on mopeds.

The gallery targeted is home to France's royal jewels. Officials said nine items were taken. A crown belonging to Napoleon's wife was found nearby, seemingly dropped.

The Louvre was evacuated and remained closed on Sunday.

Grownz on October 19th, 2025 at 10:53 UTC »

If we were in a Dan Brown novel, tomorrow an alleged descendant of Napoleon would proclaim himself the new emperor of France on the basis of an obscure law of the 2nd French Republic and lawyers would prove him right.

Benjaland on October 19th, 2025 at 09:50 UTC »

"After breaking windows, two men entered the building, while a third remained outside. The thieves stole nine pieces from Napoleon and the Empress's jewelry collection: a necklace, a brooch, a tiara, and more. They were placed in the Napoleon and French Sovereigns display cases."

Translated from French, source https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/le-musee-du-louvre-cible-dun-braquage-ce-dimanche-le-site-ferme-au-public-19-10-2025-DQII6PEIVVEDBM5KQMHDSCF6IM.php (courtesy of u/tegeus-Cromis_2000)

tegeus-Cromis_2000 on October 19th, 2025 at 09:46 UTC »

For anyone wondering what was stolen, it's apparently nine pieces of jewelry from the Napoleon collection, on display in the Galerie d'Apollon.

https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/le-musee-du-louvre-cible-dun-braquage-ce-dimanche-le-site-ferme-au-public-19-10-2025-DQII6PEIVVEDBM5KQMHDSCF6IM.php