South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot dead in a car hijacking, police say.
The shooting took place at a petrol station on Wednesday night in the Johannesburg suburb of Florida.
The 24-year-old Kaizer Chiefs star was waiting to be attended to when he was approached by unknown gunmen, who ordered him to get out of the vehicle.
One of the suspects is reported to have fled the scene with Fleurs’ car after the shooting.
“The suspects pointed [at] him with a firearm and took him out of his vehicle, then shot him once on the upper body,” Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo told local media.
Kaizer Chiefs, one of the most popular clubs in the country and 12-time league champions, described his death as “tragic”.
The club said police were handling the matter and further details would be communicated in due course.
