Four held in Andy Murray 'gun scare'

10 November,2013 01:26 AM IST |   |  AFP

British police said they had arrested four men on suspicion of brandishing a gun at tennis star Andy Murray, although media reports suggest they were fans with nothing more threatening than a tennis racquet.


The suspects' car was stopped and searched and "no trace of a firearm was found", Scotland Yard said in a statement, adding that the men had been released on bail pending further investigation.


Andy Murray

According to the Sun newspaper, the men tapped on the window of Murray's stationary car after a book-signing in London on Wednesday, trying to get him to sign a racquet.

The Wimbledon champion drove off so they got back in their Mercedes - but not before a member of the public had called the police and reported that one of them had a weapon.u00a0

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