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| Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac face carjacking gang | Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac face carjacking gang |
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| Two Premier League footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a London street. | Two Premier League footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a London street. |
| Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were targeted, the club confirmed, but both escaped uninjured. | Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were targeted, the club confirmed, but both escaped uninjured. |
| Footage on social media appears to show Kolasinac chasing the robbers in Platts Lane, near Golders Green, at about 17:00 BST. | Footage on social media appears to show Kolasinac chasing the robbers in Platts Lane, near Golders Green, at about 17:00 BST. |
| Arsenal said in a statement: "We have been in contact with both players and they are fine." | Arsenal said in a statement: "We have been in contact with both players and they are fine." |
| In a video that has circulated on social media, full-back Kolasinac is seen fighting off two men who are wielding knives. | |
| The player can be seen jumping out of a vehicle to confront the masked men who had pulled alongside the car on mopeds. | |
| In the footage, both car jackers were seen to be armed and were filmed brandishing knives at 26-year-old Kolasinac. | |
| A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car. | A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car. |
| "The driver, along with his passenger, managed to get away unharmed and travelled to a restaurant in Golders Green, where they were spoken to by officers." | "The driver, along with his passenger, managed to get away unharmed and travelled to a restaurant in Golders Green, where they were spoken to by officers." |
| There have been no arrests so far. | There have been no arrests so far. |
| Kolasinac and midfielder Ozil are not the first footballers to be targeted on London's roads. | |
| In 2016, then West Ham striker Andy Carroll was threatened at gunpoint on his way home from training. |