Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
9
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
At least five people have been arrested in France in connection with the theft of two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir last month, local media report.
asserted
media → publish → Renoir
The two suspected burglars are said to be among them.
asserted
burglars → suspect → them
Two of the masterpieces stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice, have yet to be recovered.
asserted
Two → steal → Nice
Two other works were abandoned by the thieves as they rushed to leave the museum.
asserted
they → abandon → museum
The heist was the latest in a series of high-profile art thefts in Europe which thrust the security of galleries and museums into the spotlight.
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which → thrust → spotlight
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 two missing paintings are the Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano (1910) and Jeune fille au puits (1886).
asserted
paintings → cut → Romano
According to the Nice-Matin newspaper, which first broke the news of the arrests, the suspects could be part of an organised criminal gang.
uncertain
suspects → accord → gang
Some French news outlets, including Nice-Matin, say the number of those arrested is six.
asserted
number → include → those
Local prosecutors have declined to confirm the arrests when contacted by the BBC.
asserted
prosecutors → decline → BBC
Opened in 1960, it was Renoir's last home before his death in 1919, and also features many things that once belonged to him, including his easel and wheelchair, as well as photographs and personal letters.
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that → open → easel
Several European museums and galleries have seen major thefts in recent months.
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museums → see → months
In August, paintings by Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum in Italy, in a heist that lasted just three minutes.
asserted
that → steal → heist
They were later recovered.
asserted
They → recover → ?
One of the most high-profile such incidents was in October last year, when France's crown jewels were stolen in broad daylight from the Louvre in Paris.
asserted
jewels → steal → Paris
The thieves, disguised as construction workers, broke into the Louvre's first-floor Apollo Gallery during the museum's opening hours.
asserted
thieves → disguise → hours
Using a angle-grinder to open display cases, they made off with €88m (£78m) of jewels that once belonged to 19th-Century queens and empresses.
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that → use → queens
The Louvre was subsequently criticised for under-investing in security.
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Louvre → criticise → security
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