Article: NT: Blood dots a clue to Aboriginal painting heist


AAP General News (Australia)
04-01-2008
NT: Blood dots a clue to Aboriginal painting heist

By Tara Ravens

DARWIN, April 1 AAP - Dots of blood could help police catch two thieves who stole seven
Aboriginal paintings worth more than half a million dollars from a museum in Darwin.

The blood spots, as well as fingerprints and video footage, have given detectives "strong
leads" on the identity of the robbers, who used a rock to smash a rear window at the Museum
and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory shortly before 4.30am (CST) today.

Fifteen minutes later they fled the scene with six Papunya Tula board paintings and
a central Australian watercolour. A number of captions were also ...

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