Srilanka, Oct. 19 -- French Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a theft at the Louvre in Paris as the world-renowned museum said it was closing for the day.

"A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum," she wrote on X. The Louvre said it was closing for the day "for exceptional reasons", without providing further details on what had been stolen.

There were no injuries reported. Dati said she was at the museum and investigations were underway.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the "major robbery" said the thieves used a construction ladder to enter the building. They stole jewels of "priceless value" in an operation that "lasted seven minutes."

It was "manifestly a team that had done s...