London, Oct 15 (ANI): R’n'B singer Leona Lewis is said to have been punched at by a man during a book-signing event at the Waterstones bookstore at Piccadilly, London.

Lewis, 24, had been signing copies of her new autobiography, Dreams, which is due to be released next month, for around 90 minutes when “a guy came up and punched her to the side of the head”.

“The police were called immediately and medical attention has been sought,” the BBC quoted her spokesman as saying.

“Leona’s understandably badly shaken and apologises to the fans she was unable to meet and complete signings for,” he said.

Waterstones said it took security at book signings “extremely seriously” and this was the first incident of its kind it had encountered.

“There was an incident at our Leona Lewis signing this afternoon and the event was immediately stopped,” it said.

“We are now doing everything we can to support the police in their enquiries.

“We would like to thank Leona for her professionalism and we are extremely sad that this event was ruined for her, and her fans, many of whom queued from the early hours of the morning to meet her,” it added.

Luckily, Lewis was not badly injured and did not need to be hospitalised. (ANI)