Olympic medalist stabbed to death during car robbery

Olympic figure skater Denis Ten was stabbed to death during an attempted robbery in Kazakhstan Thursday, local media reported.

Ten, who was 25, was stabbed by two men trying to steal a mirror from his car on Thursday afternoon in Almaty, local news agency KazInform reported, citing a ministry of healthcare official.

Ten was rushed to the hospital after the attack around 3 p.m. and died almost three hours later, according to KazInform. Authorities said they would thoroughly investigate the knife attack, the outlet reported.

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Ten had won a bronze medal for individual men’s figure skating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

He was the first figure skater to win a medal for Kazakhstan, according to the Associated Press.