2 suspects arrested in Louvre jewel heist
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A hotographer captured a stylish passerby at the Louvre investigation scene, creating an internet sensation as authorities playfully keep the man's identity secret.
German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France after a spectacular daylight heist exposed woeful flaws in museum's security. On Friday a secret police escort oversaw the transfer of some of the remaining jewels to the Bank, 500m (about 500 yards ) from the museum, French media report.
Few artists can say their work has been seen by millions in Paris, but P.E.I. artist Paul Alan can. His paintings were recently displayed outside the entrance to the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.
Two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves suspects left behind after a jewelry heist at the Louvre on Sunday, French police told ABC News.