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\"Edvard<\/a>Was the theft of The Scream<\/a> really about the artwork – or was The Scream snatch simply to divert police from another crime?<\/p>\n

The icon of agony \u2013 The Scream<\/a> was taken by armed robbers and carried off from the Munch Museum located in Oslo, Norway on a peaceful Sunday afternoon, August 2004.<\/p>\n

Still a hazy mystery surrounds the story of that day.<\/p>\n

There was one very odd feature of the crime: its timing. When the raid at the Munch Museum happened, police resources were focused on an armed robbery at the Norwegian Cash Service offices. A senior police officer was shot and died on the spot. All the country’s top detectives were working on the heist and murder.<\/p>\n

It seemed more than a coincidence. Could it be possible that the Munch Museum robbery was actually an attempt to divert police resources from their armed-robbery-and-murder hunt?<\/p>\n

The theft of the painting may have had nothing to do with the desire to possess the painting or hold it ransom. Read more about it in the Guardian article – Bigger Picture Around the Theft of The Scream…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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