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First suspect held for theft of 'The Scream'
A suspect arrested in the investigation into the theft of Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" has been placed in preventive detention, police said.
"The Oslo court is in favor of a period of preventive detention lasting four weeks, during which time there will be no visits or exchange of mail, and which will include two weeks of solitary confinement," said a police statement.
The 37-year-old man, arrested last Friday, is the first person to be officially questioned in connection with the armed robbery of two Edvard Munch masterpieces from the Munch Museum last August.
"The Scream" (1893) and "Madonna" (1893-94) were grabbed by two armed and hooded thieves who burst into the museum in broad daylight, threatening a staff member with a gun as stunned tourists looked on.
Grabbing the paintings off the walls, the robbers fled the scene in a stolen black Audi driven by an accomplice.
While the two paintings are still missing, police said Monday they were optimistic and did not discount further arrests.
On Sunday the Norwegian press revealed that the stolen gun used in the art robbery had been taken from a home right near that of the arrested suspect.
The gun was found immediately after the crime in the thieves' abandoned getaway car.
While Norwegian police refused to confirm if the suspect was linked to the gun, they did indicate that several other guns were found in his home during the arrest.
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