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BAYUSUF ATTACKED: Rio Olympic swimmer flown to South Africa after brutal attack

Hamdan Bayusuf

Kenyan swimmer Hamdan Bayusuf, who recently represented Kenya at the Olympic Games in Rio, was attacked by armed gangsters after a brutal home invasion that left him in critical condition.

The Olympian was admitted to Mombasa Hospital before he was airlifted to South Africa for specialised medical treatment. He was accompanied to South Africa by his elder brother Fahad Bayusuf, a former Kenyan long-distance swimmer.

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