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Banksy's 'Girl With Balloon' Stolen coming from London Gallery

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The Headlines.
BANKSY KNOCKOUT, GRAB, AND ALSO YIELD. The famous Banksy printing, Woman Along With Balloon, was stolen from a London gallery on Sunday evening-- however was actually quickly bounced back due to the authorities on Thursday. Officers additionally arrested two men, states the Times. CCTV footage shows a hooded problematic smashing Stand Picture's glass overlook New Cavendish Road just before grabbing the Banksy art work valued at $354,000. The perpetrator then ran away. They performed not attempt taking every other products, neither, alas, performed the paint spontaneously self-destruct in to ragged strips of paper the moment removed.

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The Digest.
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The Kicker.
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