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| Gang robs Zurich of top paintings | Gang robs Zurich of top paintings |
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| An armed gang has stolen four paintings worth some $160m (£82m) by the great painters Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet from a museum in Zurich. | |
| Swiss police said the robbery happened at the Emil Buehrle Collection on Sunday. The three thieves are at large. | Swiss police said the robbery happened at the Emil Buehrle Collection on Sunday. The three thieves are at large. |
| The gang threatened a security guard with guns before seizing the works. It is one of the world's biggest art thefts in the last 20 years. | The gang threatened a security guard with guns before seizing the works. It is one of the world's biggest art thefts in the last 20 years. |
| It comes just days after two Picasso paintings were stolen near Zurich. | It comes just days after two Picasso paintings were stolen near Zurich. |
| MAJOR RECENT ART THEFTS 2007 - Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (worth £26m) stolen in Sao Paulo; later found 2004 - Munch's Scream and Madonna (valued at £10m) snatched in Oslo; recovered in 20062003 - Da Vinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder (valued at £30m) stolen in Scotland; found in 20072002 - Van Gogh's two works (worth millions of dollars) stolen in Amsterdam1994 - Munch's Scream (worth £33m; different version from the 2004's) stolen in Oslo; later recovered1993 - Eight works by Picasso and Braque (worth £31m) stolen in Stockholm; some found later1991 - Twenty works by Van Gogh (valued at £257m) stolen in Amsterdam; later recovered | MAJOR RECENT ART THEFTS 2007 - Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (worth £26m) stolen in Sao Paulo; later found 2004 - Munch's Scream and Madonna (valued at £10m) snatched in Oslo; recovered in 20062003 - Da Vinci's Madonna with the Yarnwinder (valued at £30m) stolen in Scotland; found in 20072002 - Van Gogh's two works (worth millions of dollars) stolen in Amsterdam1994 - Munch's Scream (worth £33m; different version from the 2004's) stolen in Oslo; later recovered1993 - Eight works by Picasso and Braque (worth £31m) stolen in Stockholm; some found later1991 - Twenty works by Van Gogh (valued at £257m) stolen in Amsterdam; later recovered |
| The four paintings stolen on Sunday are: Poppies near Vetheuil, by Claude Monet (1879), Count Lepic and his Daughters, by Edgar Degas (1871), Chestnut in Bloom, by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) and Boy in a Red Jacket, by Paul Cezanne (1888), police said. | The four paintings stolen on Sunday are: Poppies near Vetheuil, by Claude Monet (1879), Count Lepic and his Daughters, by Edgar Degas (1871), Chestnut in Bloom, by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) and Boy in a Red Jacket, by Paul Cezanne (1888), police said. |
| The gang put the paintings into a white vehicle parked outside the museum in central Zurich. | The gang put the paintings into a white vehicle parked outside the museum in central Zurich. |
| Police later described the robbery as spectacular, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Switzerland says. | Police later described the robbery as spectacular, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Switzerland says. |
| The famous Emil Buehrle Collection contains some of the world's most important impressionist works. | The famous Emil Buehrle Collection contains some of the world's most important impressionist works. |
| Picasso's oil paintings - Head of Horse and Glass and Pitcher - were taken from an exhibition in the town of Pfaeffikon last Wednesday. | Picasso's oil paintings - Head of Horse and Glass and Pitcher - were taken from an exhibition in the town of Pfaeffikon last Wednesday. |