Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, Sept 8, 2026 (AFP) - Thieves steal Renoir paintings from France museum

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2026-09-08

Thieves on Tuesday stole four Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars from a museum in southern France, but abandoned two as they fled, a mayor said. The heist is the latest in a string of such robberies in France including the daylight theft last year of crown jewellery valued at around $100 million from the Louvre in Paris. "The museum and police sirens forced the burglars to hurry, stealing only four works from the Renoir Museum out of the......

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