{"id":168790,"date":"2024-04-05T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/05\/south-africa-player-killed-in-hijacking\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T14:06:10","slug":"south-africa-player-killed-in-hijacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/05\/south-africa-player-killed-in-hijacking\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Player Killed In Hijacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Luke Fleurs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former South Africa junior international Luke Fleurs, who played for Kaizer Chiefs, has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg, police officials confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old was shot in the chest at a petrol station on Wednesday night and the assailants drove off in his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile waiting to be served by the petrol attendant, he was confronted by two armed males,\u201d police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo told reporters, adding that no arrests had yet been made.<\/p>\n<p>Centre-back Fleurs played every minute for South Africa at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and that same year was called up to the senior team for World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia, though he did not make it off the bench and was uncapped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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\u2019s passing,\u201d South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Minister of Sport, Arts &amp; Culture, Zizi Kodwa said he was \u201csaddened that yet another life has been cut short due to violent crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fleurs joined Chiefs from SuperSport United in October, having come through the Ubuntu Football Academy in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Fleurs \u00a0 Former South Africa junior international Luke Fleurs, who played for Kaizer Chiefs, has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg, police officials confirmed on Thursday. 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