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Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.
Two Renoir paintings stolen last month from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera have been recovered, and six suspects have been arrested, authorities said. Thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window to enter the museum. The local mayor announced the recovery on Friday.
NYTimes – World Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.
Two Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars that were stolen from a museum on the French Riviera a month ago have been recovered and six suspects have been arrested, the local mayor said on Friday. The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initally stole four paintings by the French master, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled.
NYTimes – World Officials also said that six suspects had been arrested in the robbery, which targeted a museum in southern France last month.
BBC News – World The two works were seized last month when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera.
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