According to the Gauteng police, an incident occurred on Wednesday night in Honeydew, Johannesburg, where Kaizer Chiefs football player Luke Fleurs met an untimely death during a hijacking.
reported that police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo gave an account of the event, in which Fleurs made a routine stop at a petrol station situated at the intersection of 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Drive.
At the petrol station, assailants accosted Fleurs at gunpoint, compelled him to get out of his car, a red VW Golf 8 GTI, and shot him in the upper body. One of the perpetrators subsequently took Fleurs’ car, while the other followed in a BMW.Among messages of grief and support on social media, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa expressed his condolences to the Fleurs family.defender and former junior international Luke Fleurs.
He signed up for Super Sport United in 2018, moving to Kaizer Chiefs last year. Luke played for the South African under-20 team and was included in the Bafana Bafana squad, although he had not played a game for the national team yet.’ ‘My heartfelt condolences and prayers go to Luke Fleurs’ family, friends and loved ones. He died too soon – a tragic victim of crime in South Africa. His legacy will not be forgotten.’
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