Last month, celebrity Kim Kardashian was tied up and robbed at gunpoint of US$10m ($14.1m) in jewels in a luxury apartment in the heart of Paris. Police said the robbers held a gun to Kardashian's head, bound and gagged her and shut her into a bathroom in the biggest jewellery robbery of an individual in France in more than 20 years. In another incident, Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat was punched in the face and sprayed with tear gas by three masked men in an upmarket area of Paris this month. The 40-year-old star and her partner were attacked as they returned to an apartment building in the chic 16th district by three masked men who tried to steal her handbag. Security has been stepped up around tourist magnets in Paris in response to the high-profile robberies.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 23, 2016 16:14 UTC