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* Kim is attending Paris Fashion Week in France * Kanye West left his concert midway citing 'family emergency' * Unclear if their kids with Kardashian-West at the time of robbery
Five armed men robbed American reality TV star Kim Kardashian West at gunpoint on Monday in a luxurious residence in Paris, stealing jewellery worth several million dollars, but nobody was hurt. A police source told Reuters the attack happened around 3 a.m. Kim Kardashian West was held up by masked men in her Paris residence on Sunday, CNN said, prompting her husband, rapper Kanye West, to abruptly end a performance in New York, citing a family emergency.
When Kanye West starts Heartless and then stops the show because of a family emergency pic.twitter.com/0xiPDycb4g
— Chloe (@itschloet) October 3, 2016
"Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room this evening by two armed masked men dressed as police officers," Kardashian West's spokeswoman, Ina Treciokas, said in a statement reported by CNN. "She is badly shaken but physically unharmed," the statement added.
Kanye West left his set early at the Meadows Festival in New York.
"I'm sorry I have a family emergency, I have to stop the show," West said in video footage posted on Twitter by fans who were filming the performance in the New York borough of Queens.
West had been on stage for just under an hour when he said he had to leave. He did not specify the nature of the emergency.
Due to an emergency, Kanye West had to end his performance early. Please get home safely.
— The Meadows NYC (@themeadowsnyc) October 3, 2016
Statement from Team Meadows: pic.twitter.com/rSymMWNrWp
— The Meadows NYC (@themeadowsnyc) October 3, 2016
Kardashian West, as well as her sisters Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian have been in Paris, Billboard magazine reported on its web site, citing their recent Snapchat posts. Kardashian has been a fixture at Paris Fashion Week, which was being held in recent days.
Fan reaction on social media sites to West's departure was mixed, with some saying emergencies can happen to anyone, but others complaining they had paid $300 for tickets and didn't get their money's worth.