2 alleged perpetrators in Louvre heist ‘partially’ admit involvement – POLITICO

PARIS — The prosecutor investigating the spectacular heist at the Louvre Museum 10 days ago said Wednesday that two suspects already under arrest have “partially” admitted involvement in the crime.

Laure Beccuau said that two men detained over the weekend were suspected of being the perpetrators who smashed a window and grabbed an estimated €88 million worth of jewelry once belonging to members of France’s royal and imperial families before fleeing on scooters.

The suspects, who were identified by DNA traces left on an abandoned scooter and on the window they allegedly broke, are in their 30s and hail from the northeast Parisian suburb of Aubervilliers, Beccuau told reporters.