Former Chancellor Angela Merkel apparently had her wallet stolen while shopping.

This is reported by the "Bild" newspaper.

Merkel, who is known to like to go shopping herself, is said to have been robbed on Thursday.

As the newspaper reports, the purse was in a bag that was hanging on the shopping cart.

In a moment of inattention, her purse is said to have been stolen.

Her bodyguards did not notice the theft.

Police only confirmed that a 67-year-old woman had her purse stolen in a supermarket around 11.40am on Thursday.

Accordingly, she did not alert the police, went to police section 53 on Friedrichstrasse and filed a complaint.

The former chancellor did not confirm the incident.