2 suspects arrested over Louvre heist
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One week on, a breakthrough in the Louvre heist that exposed weaknesses and wounded French pride
Alexandre Portier, the lawmaker leading the French parliament’s inquiry into the theft, said the heist had left a "wound."
The men, who have not been named, were taken into custody a week after the spectacular seven-minute heist at the world's most visited art museum.
Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre, also told the outlet that the building’s surveillance system had a blind spot on the perimeter that likely helped enable the heist, which was likely was likely the most expensive ever pulled off at the grand museum.
A week after thieves stormed the Louvre and ripped eight priceless pieces from France’s Crown Jewels, the country is nursing a deep cultural wound — even as Paris authorities on Sunday announced arrests tied to the haul.
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