A Texas real estate magnate and trophy hunter was killed by a Cape buffalo during a hunting expedition in South Africa, according to a safari company, which described the incident as “sudden and unprovoked.”

Asher Watkins had been tracking the bull for a kill when the large horned animal staged an attack first.

“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,” said Hans Vermaak, leader of the safari company Coenraad Vermaak Safaris (CVS), in a statement .

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