Swiss police investigating an alleged home invasion71-year-old sustained a head injury, says reportsSwiss police are investigating an alleged robbery amid reports that the four-times Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion.The Swiss tabloid Blick reported late on Friday that the 71-year-old Frenchman sust
Former F1 driver Alain Prost Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP Former F1 driver Alain Prost Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP Former F1 world champion Alain Prost reportedly injured in robbery at Swiss home Swiss police investigating an alleged home invasion 71-year-old sustained a head injury, says reports Swiss police are investigating an alleged robbery amid reports that the four-times Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost was injured during a home invasion.
The Swiss tabloid Blick reported late on Friday that the 71-year-old Frenchman sustained a head injury from intruders who forced his son to open a safe during the incident on Tuesday morning.
“The 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,” the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement. “Despite the extensive search operation launched, the perpetrators have not yet been apprehended at this stage.” The police, who did not name the victim, said “several” balaclava-wearing intruders “broke 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.
Alain Prost’s McLaren leads teammate Ayrton Senna at Suzuka in 1989 during the Frenchman’s heyday as one of Formula One’s greatest drivers.
Photograph: Tsugufumi Matsumoto/AP 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.” Blick reported that Prost, who won four world championships between 1985-1993, was “visibly shaken by this brutal intrusion” and that he has left the home in Nyon beside Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud.
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