Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
60/100
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Crime & Law
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Two paintings by the impressionist master Renoir which were stolen from a French museum last month have been found damaged behind a false wall in a private home after police made several arrests ahead of what prosecutors say was an imminent second heist.
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prosecutors → steal → arrests
Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said six suspects were arrested on Wednesday after authorities discovered they were planning to target the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, home to one of Europe’s largest collections of modern art.
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they → say → art
Bessone said the arrests were prompted by the “very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent”.
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heist → say → suspicion
“We were very clearly looking at the repetition of a criminal scheme”, said Eric Antonetti, the head of the Alpes-Maritimes judicial police.
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Antonetti → look → police
On September 8, thieves used an electric saw to cut through a fence to enter the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, according to investigators.
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thieves → use → investigators
An alarm sounded and police officers arrived four minutes later, a swift response that “apparently caused the perpetrators to panic,” Bessone said.
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Bessone → sound → ?
The stolen works, “Madame Colonna Romano” and “Young Woman at the Well” by impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, were valued at about 4.2m euros ($4.7m), Bessone said.
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Bessone → steal → euros
The thieves also attempted to steal two other Renoir paintings, “Madame Pichon” and “Coco Reading”, which depicts Renoir’s young son Claude.
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which → attempt → son
They abandoned them in the museum gardens while fleeing police.
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They → abandon → police
“As they fled, they were unable to take all four paintings and abandoned two of them, which were later found in a protective sleeve,” he said.
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he → flee → sleeve
Damaged and torn
The paintings were found hidden behind a false wall in a house on Friday.
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paintings → damage → Friday
Both works were damaged and will need restoration.
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works → damage → restoration
One of the paintings, “Madame Colonna Romano”, had been torn.
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One → tear → paintings
They are part of our city’s history,” Bryan Masson, the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice, said on Friday.
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Masson → say → Friday
“Knowing they have been recovered is an immense relief.”
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they → know → ?
The recovery came almost exactly one month after the theft, following an investigation that used DNA evidence, mobile phone geolocation data and surveillance video.
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that → come → evidence
The two key suspects include a 29-year-old, who was charged after investigators recovered DNA from a bag left behind during the getaway.
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investigators → include → getaway
They were charged with organised theft and other offences.
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They → charge → theft
A third man, accused of hiding the paintings, was charged with organised handling of stolen goods.
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man → accuse → goods
A fourth suspect, who investigators say was approached about buying the artworks, was charged with handling stolen goods and taking part in a criminal conspiracy.
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investigators → say → conspiracy
Bessone said the suspects had denied planning a second museum raid, but he added that he did “not believe the principal suspect visited that museum simply out of a love of art”.
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suspect → say → art
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