Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo’s Gallery at the Paris museum.

By Fiona Kelliher and News Agencies

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The Louvre Museum in the French capital has closed for “exceptional reasons” after a group of intruders successfully stole eight pieces of priceless jewellery in a quick-hit heist that has rocked the world’s most-visited museum.