‘Significant assault’: two staff from Nine’s Olympic broadcast team attacked in Paris in suspected robbery

The incident follows the alleged sexual assault of an Australian tourist in Paris last weekend

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Two Nine Entertainment staff members in Paris to cover the Olympic Games have been attacked in what colleagues have described as a suspected robbery of a serious physical nature".

Nine reporter Christine Ahern said the two staff members were working in the international broadcast centre in the northeastern suburbs of Paris and were walking back to their accomodation on Monday afternoon when they were attacked by a group.

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