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| South Africa art stolen from Pretoria museum recovered | South Africa art stolen from Pretoria museum recovered |
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| Four of the five paintings that were stolen from a museum in the South African capital, Pretoria, have been found at a cemetery, police have said. | Four of the five paintings that were stolen from a museum in the South African capital, Pretoria, have been found at a cemetery, police have said. |
| A tip-off led police to the cemetery in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth, 1,100km (700 miles away), a spokesman said. | A tip-off led police to the cemetery in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth, 1,100km (700 miles away), a spokesman said. |
| Three gunmen stole the paintings, worth $2m (£1.25m), on Sunday from the Pretoria Art Museum. | Three gunmen stole the paintings, worth $2m (£1.25m), on Sunday from the Pretoria Art Museum. |
| Police said they have not yet made any arrests. | Police said they have not yet made any arrests. |
| They are still searching for an oil painting by local artist Gerard Sekoto, Brig Marinda Mills said. | |
| Four other paintings - on exhibition at the museum - were recovered from under a bench at the cemetery, she added. | |
| They include Irma Stern's Fishing Boats, Maggie Laubser's Cat and Petunias, JH Pierneef's Eland and Bird and Hugo Naude's Hottentot Chief. |