Police: Several suspects arrested over Kim Kardashian robbery

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published 9 January 2017

Police in France have arrested 16 people in connection with the robbery of Kim Kardashian last October in Paris, French media reports.

Kardashian was in Paris for Fashion Week when she was robbed at gunpoint, with authorities saying at least two assailants dressed as police got away with several pieces of jewelry worth millions. The men were detained early Monday morning in raids across Paris, the BBC reports, and French police say they were able to track them down through traces of DNA left inside the apartment where the robbery occurred.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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