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Ex-world boxing champion Amir Khan robbed at gunpoint

Updated on: 20 April,2022 08:01 AM IST  |  London
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Khan, 35, said he and his wife Faryal were safe after the incident, in which he had a watch stolen after being confronted by two men with a gun. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in East London, Leyton,” the British fighter tweeted

Ex-world boxing champion Amir Khan robbed at gunpoint

Amir Khan. File pic

Former world champion boxer Amir Khan has revealed he was robbed at gunpoint in London on Monday. 


Khan, 35, said he and his wife Faryal were safe after the incident, in which he had a watch stolen after being confronted by two men with a gun. “Just had my watch taken off me at gunpoint in East London, Leyton,” the British fighter tweeted.  


“I crossed the road with Faryal, luckily she was a few steps behind me. Two men ran to me, he asked for my watch whist having a gun pointed in my face. The main thing is we’re both safe.”


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