Laurence des Cars questioned by senators about daring daytime break-in at Paris museum

A manhunt is underway to find the four thieves before the jewels - which once belonged to French royals - are broken up.

Justice minister says ‘we have failed’ after thieves take seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from museum

PARIS: The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewelry from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.Officials…

France ordered a security review at the Louvre and checks at other cultural sites while a hunt was underway for thieves who lifted priceless crown jewels in an audacious daylight…

Follow the Louvre robbery: How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.

Authorities sought to contain the shock caused by the theft of eight French crown jewels on Monday. By Tuesday morning, the robbers had still not been found.

Culture Minister Rachida Dati, speaking to lawmakers in the Assemblée Nationale, said that 'the Louvre Museum's security apparatus did not fail' on Sunday, when thieves broke into…

Police continue to search for the criminal gang behind the brazen robbery targeting France’s crown jewels

The historic items were taken in broad daylight and are now feared to have been broken down for parts.

PARIS: Thieves who staged a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum in Paris made off with jewels worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102.63 million), Paris public prosecutor…

The director of the Louvre in Paris was expected to appear before the French Senate on Wednesday to answer questions about a heist of $102 million in jewels.

Laurence des Cars also told French lawmakers she had tendered her resignation on Sunday after the theft, but that the culture ministry had refused it.

Laurence des Cars said there was only one camera pointing on the gallery which was robbed.

Laurence des Cars questioned by senators about daring daytime break-in at Paris museum

Laurence des Cars told France's Senate the heist exposed the museum's camera shortage and other security 'weaknesses'.

The attendant describes the moment thieves used an angle grinder to burst into the Gallery of Apollo.