Louvre reopens three days after French crown jewels stolen

The world's most-visited museum shut its doors after jewels worth tens of millions were stolen on Sunday.

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Visitors were welcomed back to the Louvre from 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday, but the museum said its Apollo Gallery - where the heist took place - remained closed.

Thieves wielding power tools took less than eight minutes to break into the world's most-visited museum and make off with the loot on scooters on Sunday morning. They have not yet been caught.

President Emmanuel Macron urged ministers to speed up the introduction of security measures at the Louvre as it reopened, a government spokeswoman said.

The museum's director Laurence des Cars is set to appear before the French Senate's culture committee on Wednesday afternoon.