“Simply had my watch taken off me at gun level in East London, Leyton,” Khan wrote on Twitter.
“I crossed the street with Faryal, fortunately she used to be few steps in the back of me. 2 males ran to me, he requested for my watch whist having a gun pointed in my face. The primary factor is we are each secure.”
The Metropolitan Police stated in a commentary despatched to CNN that that they had been referred to as simply after 9 p.m. on Monday to Leyton in east London.
“A person elderly in his 30s is said to were approached via two men who threatened him with a firearm sooner than stealing his watch and fleeing,” the commentary learn.
“There have been no studies of any photographs fired or any accidents. Police spoke back and performed a space seek. At this very early level there were no arrests.
“An investigation has begun and police are following quite a lot of enquiries.”
Khan remaining fought again in February when he used to be crushed via Kell Brook by the use of a stoppage in Manchester.
Now 35, Khan received Olympic silver for Nice Britain in 2004 as a 17-year-old and as a qualified used to be topped international champion after successful the WBA light-welterweight identify in 2009.
