Luke Fleurs, a defender for Kaizer Chiefs, was attacked by hijackers at a service centre in Johannesburg. Video footage reveals that Fleurs had two passengers in his car during the incident. He fought the armed hijackers before being shot in the chest.
Slain Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs had two other passangers in his red VW Golf 8 GTI when two hijackers attacked him at a Constantia service centre in Florida, Roodepoort, in Johannesburg , on Wednesday night.Video footage, which has been handed over to the police, reportedly reveals that Fleurs had two passangers in his car that fateful. When two men who were in a white BMW 1 Series got out to attack Fleurs, two others remained inside the car.
The source revealed that the footballer fought the two armed hijackers with his bare hands before one of them shot him. “During the scuffle, Fleurs yelled, ‘No malome, you cannot do this,’ to the hijacker in the driver’s seat. They overpowered him, and one of them shot him at close range in the left side of his chest,” said the source.
In a statement on Thursday, Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel, Mavela Masondo, revealed that Fleurs was taken to the nearest medical care centre, where he was certified dead on arrival. No arrests have been made at this stage.Fleurs was born in Mitchells Plain and moved to Fish Hoek after signing with Ubuntu Academy in 2013, which he represented in the National First Division.
He joined SuperSport United in 2018 and spent five years with the Pretoria-based club before joining Chiefs last year. Fleurs was a member of the SA Olympic team at the Tokyo 2020 games.“We woke up to the heartbreaking and devastating news of the passing of this young life. This is such a huge loss for his family, friends, his teammates and football in general. We are all grieving this young man’s passing. May his dear soul Rest in Peace,” the SAFA President said.
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