Police in Brazil have identified one suspect behind the theft of eight Henri Matisse engravings from a Sao Paulo library and found the robbers' getaway car, authorities announced Monday.

A pair of gunmen stole the late French master's works, as well as five pieces by the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, from a library in the center of the Brazilian mega-city on Sunday.

Police say the thieves held up a security guard and an elderly couple visiting the Mario de Andrade Library, grabbed the engravings and other items from a glass dome where they were kept, put them in a canvas bag and fled through the main exit.

Sao Paulo's security department said investigations were ongoing to identify the second suspect.

"The escape vehicle was also located" and sent for forensic analysis, it said

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