Fleurs was shot within the chest whereas ready to be attended to at a petroleum station in a Johannesburg suburb, police say.
Former South Africa junior worldwide Luke Fleurs, who performed for the nation’s hottest membership Kaizer Chiefs, has been killed in an tried hijacking in Johannesburg, police officers have confirmed.
The 24-year-old was shot within the chest at a petroleum station on Wednesday night time and the assailants drove off in his car.
“Whereas ready to be served by the petrol attendant, he was confronted by two armed males,” police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo instructed reporters on Thursday, including no arrests had but been made.
Centre-back Fleurs performed each minute for South Africa on the Tokyo Summer time Olympics in 2021, and that very same 12 months was referred to as as much as the senior group for World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Ethiopia, although he didn’t make it off the bench and was uncapped.
“We woke as much as the heartbreaking and devastating information of the passing of this younger life. That is such an enormous loss for his household, mates, his teammates and soccer generally. We’re all grieving this younger man’s passing,” South African Soccer Affiliation president Danny Jordaan mentioned in a press release.
Our heart-felt condolences to the household and mates of Luke Fleurs
Could his soul relaxation in peace🇿🇦❤️😭 pic.twitter.com/77265ztpCi
— SAFA.web (@SAFA_net) April 4, 2024
South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Tradition, Zizi Kodwa mentioned he was “saddened that yet one more life has been lower quick as a result of violent crime”.
Fleurs joined Chiefs from SuperSport United in October, having come by the Ubuntu Soccer Academy in Cape City.
Fleurs is the most recent amongst hundreds of people who find themselves victims to deadly hijackings in South Africa, which has one of many highest homicide charges on this planet.
