Former two-time world boxing champion Zolani Tete fatally shot
The 38-year-old boxer was about to make his return to the ring
On Friday night, world boxing champion Zolani Tete was killed outside his home in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The 38-year-old champion was shot multiple times by two masked gunmen who attacked him and a 27-year-old woman in his car. Tete, who had not fought since July 2022 following a positive drug test, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The woman he was with sustained injuries and was hospitalized. Police are investigating the incident as a case of murder and attempted murder but have not made any arrests. The motive for the attack remains unknown. Tete, a two-division world champion and holder of a Guinness World Record, had grown up in Mdantsane and started boxing at the age of eight.
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