An American was killed by a buffalo he was tracking during a trophy hunt in South Africa, police said Friday.

The man from Dallas, Texas, was found dead last Sunday at a farm in the northern Limpopo province. The victim's name was not disclosed by police but several U.S. media outlets, citing the safari company that organized the expedition, identified him as 52-year-old Asher Watkins.

"Asher was fatally injured in a sudden and unprovoked attack by an unwounded buffalo he was tracking together with one of our professional hunters and one of our trackers," Hans Vermaak, whose family runs the safari company that organized the expedition, said in a statement to The New York Times .

Coenraad Vermaak Safaris confirmed to People that Watkins was fatally gored by a Cape buffalo.

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