PARIS: Former world heptathlon champion Eunice Barber suffered minor injuries after being punched in the face by a passenger on a Paris suburban train, a police source said Tuesday.

Barber, 49, was attacked after asking "a drunken passenger" to speak less loudly on his phone during the journey from Franconville, 17-kilometer northwest of Paris, into the city.

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