Renoir Museum Heist Recoveries Arrests
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- Parul GuptaBBC
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- Rich BoothThe Independent
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PARIS, Oct 9 - 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.
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The suspects cut through a fence to enter the museum's tree-lined grounds at dawn on 8 September, smashed a window to get inside, and used an electric saw to cut through the frame mountings.
The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last year, reviving calls for better security and better funding for the many cultural sites large and small that dot France's landscape.
An alarm sounded, and police officers arrived four minutes later — a swift response that “apparently caused the perpetrators to panic,” Bessone said.
Bessone said the arrests were prompted by the “very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent.”
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- 8 Oct
The suspects cut through a fence to enter the museum's tree-lined grounds at dawn on 8 September, smashed a window to get inside, and used an electric saw to cut through the frame mountings.
- 9 Oct
The two works were seized on 8 September when thieves cut through a fence and smashed a window at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, where the French impressionist had lived during his final years.
- 12 Oct
An alarm sounded, and police officers arrived four minutes later — a swift response that “apparently caused the perpetrators to panic,” Bessone said.
Coverage 9 articles
13 Oct DNA and vehicle-tracking help French investigators recover stolen Renoirs
NPR
12 Oct Stolen Renoir paintings found behind wall in France following arrests
Al Jazeera
12 Oct Inside the French police operation to rescue stolen Renoirs
The Independent
10 Oct Two Renoir paintings recovered after France museum heist, mayor says
Al Jazeera
9 Oct 2 Renoir paintings stolen from French museum recovered, mayor says
CBS News9 Oct Renoir paintings stolen from Riviera museum recovered, six people arrested
The Straits Times- 9 Oct Renoir paintings recovered, 6 people arrested after heist at France museum last month
CBC 
9 Oct Two Renoir paintings stolen from French museum are recovered
BBC
8 Oct At least five arrested over Renoir museum theft
BBC
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