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‘They’re gonna shoot me’: Kim Kardashian opens up about Paris robbery as 16 arrested

Police swooped in the Paris region and the south of France following the discovery of DNA at the luxury Paris residence where Kardashian was robbed

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Kim Kardashian West at the 20th Annual Webby Awards in New York. Photo: AP
Agence France-Presse
French police arrested 16 people in raids early on Monday over the robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last year, police sources said.

Police swooped in the Paris region and the south of France following the discovery of DNA at the luxury Paris residence where Kardashian was tied up and robbed of jewellery worth around 9 million (HK$73.7 million) in October, one source said.

They’re going to shoot me in the back. There’s no way out. It makes me so upset to think about it
Kim Kardashian

“One of the DNA samples matched an individual known to police for robbery and criminal offences, who is considered a major thug,” the source said.

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Money and documents were also seized in the raids.

A gang of armed and masked men had burst into the residence in a chic area of the capital where 36-year-old Kardashian and her entourage were staying during fashion week.

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The star was tied up and locked in the bathroom and the gang fled with jewellery including a ring worth around 4 million and a case of jewellery with a value of 5 million.

Rue Tronchet, near Madeleine, central Paris, the hotel residence, where US reality television star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint by assailants. Photo: AFP
Rue Tronchet, near Madeleine, central Paris, the hotel residence, where US reality television star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint by assailants. Photo: AFP
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