Kim Kardashian flees Paris following £8.5m jewellery robbery by masked men who put a gun to her temple

Kim Kardashian has arrived back in the US on a private jet after masked men put a gun to her temple, left her tied up in the bathroom of her luxury residence in Paris and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewellery in the early hours of Monday. 

There was a huge security presence outside Kardashian and husband Kanye West's Manhattan home this afternoon - after her security team were blasted for allowing the robbers to reach her Paris bedroom. They were also joined by main bodyguard Pascal Duvier - who was not with her at the time of the robbery but with her two sisters Kourtney and Kendall Jenner at a nightclub.

  

As Kim entered the building in New York, she was not wearing her engagement ring on her finger, prompting fears it might have been stolen in the raid. 

The reality star, 35, was robbed by five armed men wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings. At around 3am, the robbers entered the building after the concierge let them in. 

Handcuffed and at gunpoint, he then led them to the starlet's flat. Kim reportedly 'begged for her life' and told the gunmen she had children at home when two of them entered her room and held the gun to her head.

The men stole a jewellery box worth €6 million ($6.7 million/ £5.24 million) and a ring worth €4 million ($4.5 million/ £3.5 million), prompting fears that the valuables were personal ones, and not just jewellery Kim was borrowing for fashion week.

Kim also lost two of her prized smart phones – ones that are likely to contain a great deal of personal information. 

In the star's last Snapchat post before she was robbed, she is seen wearing the eye-catching 15-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring that was gifted to her from Kanye West. 

Kardashian was also greeted by her mother, Kris Jenner, as she arrived back in the US today from Paris

Kim's personal bodyguard Pascal Duvier (left) and her assistant (right) accompanied her as she left Paris on Monday 

Kendall Jenner, dressed in an white ensemble, flew out of Paris by private jet hours after her sister Kim departed on Monday

French police officers stand outside the scene of the robbery in Paris on Monday morning

Model Kendall Jenner left a club in Paris where she had been partying and rushed to comfort Kim early on Monday morning 

Kendall Jenner is pictured rushing to be by Kim Kardashian's side after hearing about the armed raid at the apartment

Police and medics are pictured at the scene, along with Kendall Jenner (centre), Jasmine Sanders and Terrence J who left the apartment at 4:30am

Kim's private jet was waiting for on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport in Paris as she made the decision to leave the city 

Kim Kardashian's luggage is transferred on to a private jet at Le Bourget airport in Paris 

Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin ran in to the building where the robbery happened after hearing the news

A woman dressed in a grey coat was led away from the scene by police officers on Monday morning 

Police officers remain at the apartment building in Paris where Kim Kardashian was robbed on Monday morning

Model Jasmine Sanders and actor Terrence J accompanied Kendall to visit the apartment after the raid