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Gunmen robbed a Rio de Janeiro art museum Friday of their most valuable paintings including a Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Dali, the Chacara do Ceu museum director said.
The gunmen also mugged five tourists inside the museum, director Vera de Alencar told reporters.
She said at least four men brandishing firearms -- including one that held a hand grenade -- broke into museum and made off with four paintings and a book.
Alencar said the paintings were the most valuable in the museum's collection and included Pablo Picasso's "The Dance" and a book by him called "Toros," Claude Monet's "Marine," Henri Matisse's "Garden of Luxembourg," and Salvador Dali's "Two Balconies."
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