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Thieves broke into the Louvre museum in Paris and stole thousands of diamonds and other precious jewels, prompting questions about the museum's security.
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A manhunt is underway to find the four thieves before the jewels - which once belonged to French royals - are broken up.
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Armed with power tools and a plan straight out of a heist movie, three or four thieves broke into the Louvre on Sunday and made off with royal jewels once worn by France's queens and empresses, officials told NBC News. NBC News' Molly Hunter reports from Paris.
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The robbers employed a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Paris museum that holds the French crown jewels.
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