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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Emily Wind and Amanda Meade

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

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Two tech workers from Nine’s Olympics broadcast team were attacked while walking from the international broadcast centre to their accommodation in Paris. Photograph: Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports

Two Nine Entertainment staff members in Paris to cover the Olympic Games have allegedly 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 accommodation on Monday afternoon when they were attacked by a group.

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