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R.I.P The boy Dikembe Mutombo flew to the U.S dies

Dikembe Mutombo Foundation Announces Matadi Sela Petit Death

An eight-year-old boy whom NBA great Dikembe Mutombo flew to the United States from Congo has died.

Dikembe Mutombo’s Foundation announced on Saturday that Matadi Sela Petit died after he suffered a ‘rare and unpredictable genetic reaction to anaesthesia’ during surgery.

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