Formula 1 mogul Bernie Ecclestone suffered a head injury when he was apparently mugged in central London, police sources said on Friday, just weeks after suggesting the city's streets were more violent than those of Brazil.
The 80-year-old billionaire was kicked and punched by his attackers before they escaped with about 22 million ksh. worth of jewellery, media reports said.
Four men were waiting for him and his Brazilian girlfriend as they arrived at the headquarters of his business, Formula One Holdings, in Knightsbridge, central London, on Wednesday evening.
The offices are near Buckingham Palace and within walking distance of Oxford Street, one of the capital's busiest shopping thoroughfares.
Earlier this month, Ecclestone had said it was surprising the number of people who got mugged hourly in Oxford Street.
He was responding to the attempted carjacking of Britain's former Formula 1 champion Jenson Button whose trained undercover police driver had to swerve his way out of a traffic jam after gunmen approached their stationary armoured car ahead of the Sao Paulo F1 race a few weeks ago.
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