Diamond Necklace Once Belonging to Egyptian Queen Stolen from Vienna Museum
3 sources across 3 countries · Brazil · Hungary · United Kingdom
Who reported this
- Folha de S.Paulo
- Telex
- The Guardian
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Two men stole a platinum necklace encrusted with 673 diamonds from the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna during opening hours on Thursday. The thieves entered the museum by purchasing tickets and used a hammer to shatter a glass display case before fleeing the scene. No injuries were reported during the heist. The stolen piece is part of a Van Cleef and Arpels exhibition that has been on display since June. The necklace, which exceeds 200 carats, once belonged to Queen Nazli of Egypt and was worn during the 1939 wedding of her daughter, Princess Fawzia, to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then crown prince of Iran. The jewelry was previously sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2015 for 4.3 million dollars. Austrian police have released security camera images of the suspects and deployed tracking dogs to search the city center. The museum has temporarily closed the exhibition and cancelled scheduled guided tours. While center lean outlets focused on the historical value and the specific details of the theft, a center left outlet framed the event as part of a broader, increasingly violent trend of high profile smash and grab raids targeting European cultural institutions.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- This outlet framed the theft as part of a wider pattern of violent criminal raids on European museums.
- Centre
- These outlets focused on the specific details of the theft and the royal provenance of the jewelry.
Sources
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Necklace that would have belonged to queen of Egypt, of R$ 24 million, is stolen in Vienna
- Centre Telex: Thieves took a necklace worth one and a half billion forints in broad daylight from a Vienna exhibition
- Centre-left The Guardian: Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid
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