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As Sicilians Flocked to a Religious Festival, Thieves Broke Into a Nearby Museum and Stole Four Renaissance Paintings

6 outlets 6 reports 32 hours Journal
cbsnews.com theguardian.com bbc.co.uk abcnews.com aljazeera.com smithsonianmag.com
16 August 2026
13:35 cbsnews.com first
Four Renaissance paintings stolen from museum in Italy
13:42 theguardian.com +8m
Rare Renaissance paintings by Antonello da Messina stolen from Sicilian museum
15:34 bbc.co.uk +1h
Four 'extraordinary' Renaissance paintings stolen from Italian museum
17:36 abcnews.com +2h
Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicilian museum heist
17 August 2026
05:53 aljazeera.com +12h
Thieves steal Renaissance artworks in museum heist during Italian holiday
21:36 smithsonianmag.com +15h
As Sicilians Flocked to a Religious Festival, Thieves Broke Into a Nearby Museum and Stole Four Renaissance Paintings
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