Bollywood actress tear gassed during botched Paris robbery


              FILE - In this May 23, 2015 file photo, actress Mallika Sherawat poses for photographers upon arrival for the screening of the film Macbeth at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. The Paris prosecutor's office says Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and partner Cyrille Auxenfans were the targets of a botched robbery attempt involving tear gas in a posh area of the French capital. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
FILE - In this May 23, 2015 file photo, actress Mallika Sherawat poses for photographers upon arrival for the screening of the film Macbeth at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. The Paris prosecutor's office says Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and partner Cyrille Auxenfans were the targets of a botched robbery attempt involving tear gas in a posh area of the French capital. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

PARIS (AP) - Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and partner Cyrille Auxenfans were the targets of a botched robbery attempt involving tear gas in a wealthy area of Paris, the Paris prosecutor's office said Thursday.

Suspected robbers attacked the couple last Friday in the building where Auxenfans lives in Paris' 16th arrondissement but fled empty-handed, according to the officials.

It's unclear why the suspects fled. A criminal inquiry has been opened into the incident.

Prosecutors said the couple most likely inhaled fumes from the tear gas. Officials say Auxenfans was most likely harmed by the suspects but that the couple refused to see a doctor to assess possible injuries.

They said Sherawat, 40, who has attended the Cannes Film Festival, was not thought to have been physically harmed in the attack.

The case comes six weeks after Kim Kardashian reported being robbed at gunpoint while visiting Paris.

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