Image of the century's robbery published at the Louvre Museum, authors acted calmly

According to what the paper published, the images highlight the well - planned way of acting of two authors who entered the Museum, their calmness, but also their hasty leaving the area, fearing police intervention.

The Chronic of the Robbery

The thief dressed in yellow phosphorescent vest, camouflaged as an employee, first enters the Apollo gallery after breaking the window on the first floor of the museum.

Covered in the hood and with his appearance making him look larger, the man runs without hesitation toward the window with Napoleon's <x0). The second thief, wearing a motorcycle helmet, moves slower and makes half a circle in front of the windows. He pretends to rush to the Louvre guard, who have been notified of the invasion of two bandits.

“Get out of”, was heard screaming by witnesses.

Guards obey immediately. They seem to withdraw and “secure” space, bringing the audience to the end of the room, as protocol dictates. The second thief then heads for the next window with the <x2-meastrophies of the crown”.

Alarm normally activated at the control center

Contrary to it, the 13th alarm of the balcony door, located on the side of the Senna coast, from which the thieves entered, was normally activated from the first moment they touched the disk glass. It's 9:34, 11 seconds, as confirmed by a confidential document that Le Parisien had the opportunity to consult.

The alarm falls at the control center, but not in the room, which is normal. Two thieves entered the gallery at 9:35. At the same time, a Louvre employee sent radio to the control center. Two thieves began attacking each other's windows with a circular saw. The alarm on the first window was heard at 9:35 and 11 seconds, and the second was heard nine seconds later. Dries even triggered alarms of other windows that were not targets of thieves.

The 1st Arondisment Police station, responsible for the museum, receives a call that says <x0bbites at the developing Louvre Museum, immediate intervention”.

It's just before 9:36. Meanwhile, surveillance cameras show the helmet thief trying to break the first window with his disc, which still does not break. He strikes him with his shoulder and draws tools out of his coat that are not visible in sight.

Is this the fire extinguisher the police will find at the scene or other means?”, they ask in Le Parisien.

Vandal - resistant Viterins

At 9:36 an employee of the control centre, after adopting his superior, press the <x0-leteéuré police” in Ramsès (“telecom police officer Ramses”), a platform that connects, as well as other sensitive locations, the Louvre Museum with the Interior Ministry. At the end of the room, about 20m away from bandits, two police officers try to intervene, advancing toward intruders, but withdrawing almost immediately. One of them, with a cone in his hand, is in danger of approaching several meters of thieves before withdrawing, perhaps fearing that one of the thieves is armed. The perpetrators, who have turned their backs on two police officers, pay no attention because they have focused on unbroken windows.

At 9:37, after approval by the operating manager, the internal theft procedure is activated in the museum, codenamed 33.33. The doors destined for the staff, as well as those destined for the public, are required to close. In the gallery, the first yellow jacket thief manages to dig a hole at the end of the window and put his hand inside.

He looks like he's methodically uploading jewelry into some kind of bag. On the contrary, his associate is still trying to break the ark. With the circular saw on his feet, he uses other instruments that are not visible. Finally, his hand is able to pass through a narrow opening to pick up parts of the spoil.

A handle and a jewelry on the floor

It's 9:38, everything's speeding up. The two bandits, who had been quiet until then, suddenly seem to lose their temper, perhaps due to the pressure of time. Their departure is hasty.

The helmet thief, who seems to be running, puts jewelry on the floor and needs to stop taking. His associate in yellow vest doesn't even try to get what's lost.

On video footage, a handle and then a jewelry jewelry appears to be forgotten on the gallery floor. At 9:38, the two perpetrators came out of the window that had entered less than four minutes earlier. The rest is known.

A Louvre worker prevents one of the perpetrators from setting the truck on fire with the lift platform that allowed the group to climb onto the balcony of the first floor. This change will allow investigators to find evidence in the truck that is potentially essential to the investigation.