An executive at a Texas-based real estate company, known for selling multimillion dollar ranches, was killed while on a trophy-hunting safari in South Africa, the safari company said.

Asher Watkins, the managing partner of Watkins Ranch Group, was killed by a buffalo while hunting in the Limpopo Province with Coenraad Vermaak Safaris, its chief executive Hans Vermaak announced Monday.

Vermaak described the attack as “sudden and unprovoked,” and said the buffalo was not wounded at the time of the attack.

Watkins was tracking the buffalo with one of the company’s professional hunters and one of its trackers, the statement said.

Due to the “devastating” nature of the incident, Vermaak said the company would not share further details about the incident.

Vermaak said the company will conti

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