NYON, Switzerland (AP) 鈥� Swiss police are investigating an alleged robbery amid reports that four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion.
Swiss tabloid Blick reported late Friday that the 71-year-old Prost sustained a head injury from intruders who forced his son to open a safe during the incident Tuesday morning.
鈥淭he perpetrators entered the residence while the occupants were present, threatened them, and forced one family member to open a safe before fleeing with the stolen goods,鈥� the public prosecutor鈥檚 office said in a statement. 鈥淒espite the extensive search operation launched, the perpetrators have not yet been apprehended at this stage.鈥�
The police, who did not name the victim, said 鈥渟everal鈥� balaclava-wearing intruders 鈥渂roke into the house. Once inside, they threatened the occupants and inflicted minor head injuries upon one family member, under circumstances that remain to be established. The perpetrators then forced another family member to open a safe before making their escape with stolen items, a precise inventory of which is currently being compiled.鈥�
Blick reported that Prost, who won four world championships between 1985-1993, was 鈥渧isibly shaken by this brutal intrusion鈥� and that he’s left the home in Nyon beside Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud.
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