WELLINGTON, New Zealand. A photographer says he is seeking legal advice after a weekend incident in which he claims the Icelandic singer and songwriter Bjork attacked him shortly after she arrived at New Zealand's Auckland International Airport.

Bjork is in the northern city of Auckland to perform at the Big Day Out concert on Friday.

New Zealand Herald photographer Glenn Jeffrey says she tore his shirt in half after he photographed her arriving at the airport early Sunday.

Auckland Airport police Sgt. Rob Cabusao said police were called to an incident involving Bjork and her companion in the arrival area.

``Attending staff went to the arrival area . . . where a male and a female were behind the counter of the coffee shop where they weren't supposed to be,'' he said. ``One of them turned out to be Bjork.''

``They were escorted out of the area to a waiting car,'' he said.

Auckland Police Senior Sgt. Campbell Moore said police were ``not proactively pursuing the incident without a complaint being laid.''

Jeffrey, a news photographer for 25 years, said Bjork was accompanied by a man who asked him not take photos.

``I took a couple of pictures . . . and as I turned and walked away she came up behind me, grabbed the back of my black skivvy and tore it,'' he told the New Zealand Press Association.

``As she did this she fell over, she fell to the ground,'' he said. ``At no stage did I touch her or speak with her.''

Neither Bjork nor a spokesperson were available to discuss the report. Publicists in London and Los Angeles also could not be reached for comment.

In 1996, Bjork attacked a reporter at Bangkok airport who welcomed her to the city. That incident was caught by TV cameras.

"WELCOME TO BANGKOK" doesn't fly with Bjork!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsyTyTiOMlo