Kim Kardashian robbery: at least 15 people arrested

At least 15 people have been arrested in France in connection with the robbery of reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last October, French media have reported.

French police said at the time that the 36-year-old was robbed at gunpoint of €9m- (£7.8m) worth of jewellery by masked men who tied her up in her Paris apartment early on 3 October.

A police source told Agence France-Presse that 16 people have been arrested, while Europe 1 and RTL Radio said 15 people were being held. RTL said the perpetrators, some disguised as police officers, had quit the scene on foot and on bicycles.

A Paris police source had told Reuters in October that five attackers, wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings, struck at about 3am (0100 GMT) inside the exclusive apartment block where Kardashian had been staying while attending Paris fashion week.

The Paris prosecutor could not be immediately reached for comment.