(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Kazakhstan’s Olympic medal-winning figure skater Denis Ten has been stabbed to death at the age of 25.
News agency Kazinform reported Ten – who won bronze at Sochi 2014 – was stabbed in the thigh in Almaty on Thursday after two men tried to steal his car mirrors.
Ten, twice a World Championships medallist, was taken to hospital but died three hours later.
Police have detained a suspect while they continue to search for a second.