Actress Keira Knightley has posted a message on her Twitter page saying she was “attacked by a stranger on the street”.

The British star added she was “very shook up”.

In a later message on the social networking site, she said: “He attempted to hug me but it was more of a rough, unwanted manhandling. My security was very quick thankfully. Calling mum now.”

The tweets were posted about 5.30am GMT. It is not clear where in the world the London-based star is.

Knightley, 24, is set to appear on stage in London’s West End in December. She will star in a modern-day version of Moliere’s 17th-century play The Misanthrope opposite Damian Lewis, from the US police drama Life.

She is also rumoured to be starring as Eliza Doolittle in a new film version of My Fair Lady.

Source: Splash News