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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Thieves Steal Renoir Paintings Worth €9 Million From French Museum
Caption: Thieves Steal Renoir Paintings Worth €9 Million From French Museum. Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early Tuesday and stole four paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The museum’s alarm was triggered at around 5:48 a.m., prompting police to arrive within minutes, but the suspects had already escaped. The thieves entered by cutting through a garden fence before breaking into the museum, which occupies the former home of the Impressionist painter. They removed four works from their frames, but two were abandoned in the museum’s garden as they fled. The remaining two paintings are estimated to be worth around €9 million, according to local authorities. Among the stolen works are Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano, Coco Lisant and Young Girl at the Well, according to reports. Surveillance footage captured the two suspects, while police and specialised investigators launched a search for them and examined evidence left at the scene. The robbery comes amid a series of high-profile art and museum thefts across Europe, raising renewed concerns over the security of cultural institutions. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Renoir Museum,heist,paintings,escape,garden,fence,investigation,high-profile,robberies,Pierre Auguste Renoir,France,Cagnes-sur-Mer,Riviera
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