A major development in the manhunt to find the four people who robbed the Louvre Museum in Paris has been revealed. According to French police, two traces of DNA were found in one of the helmets and one of the gloves the suspects left behind at the scene of the crime.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said forensic teams are now analysing the DNA samples in the hope of quickly identifying the four theives behind Sunday's audacious broad-daylight heist

A SECOND French museum was raided just hours after the world-famous £176 million heist at the Louvre. Roughly 2,000 gold and silver coins – some dating back 235 years – have been

Thieves stole 88 million euros in historic jewelry from the Louvre on Sunday, prompting the director's resignation and exposing security flaws. Online

It took just seven minutes for robbers armed with disc grinders to get in and out of the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris with a stash of royal necklaces, tiaras and earrings.

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Some 100 investigators are still trying to identify those responsible for stealing eight of France's crown jewels.