Luke Fleurs, a defender for Kaizer Chiefs, lost his life in a failed hijacking on Wednesday night in Honeydew, Johannesburg North. Luke Fleurs, a defender for Kaizer Chiefs, lost his life on Wednesday night in Honeydew, Johannesburg, after an attempted hijacking.
Kaizer Chiefs Defender Killed in Attempted Hijacking
On Wednesday night, Fluers was shot and killed during an attempted hijacking.
Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, a spokesman for the Gauteng police, said that Fleurs was entering the gas station on 14th Avenue in a red VW Golf 8 GTI.
“He was confronted by two armed males who came driving a white BMW 1 Series while waiting to be served by the gas attendant,” Masondo claimed.
After removing him from his car and pointing a gun at him, the suspects shot him once in the upper torso. One suspect and his accomplice took off driving the victim’s vehicle.
IOL claims that Fluers was brought to the closest hospital, where upon arrival, he was pronounced dead.
Although no arrests have been made yet, police have launched an investigation into the murder and vehicle hijacking.
According to Masondo, a team of detectives from the provincial office has been assigned by Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, the Gauteng Provincial Commissioner, to conduct an investigation and find the suspects.
A Growth in Crime Violent in South Africa
South Africa had an increase in violent crime by the end of 2023, with numerous police stations reporting a high number of homicides.
Police Minister Bheki Cele reportedly told BusinessTech that there were 2.1% more murders during the third quarter of 2023–2024 (October–December 2023) than there were during the same period in 2022–2023. This translates to 155 more murders during that period.
Cele claimed that the main reasons behind the killings were disagreements, miscommunications, and road rage.
According to BusinessTech, 431 homicides were connected to mob justice and vigilantism attacks; Gauteng had the largest number of these at 84, followed by the Eastern Cape at 80 and KwaZulu-Natal at 78.
The SAPS issued statistics showing that carjackings nationwide climbed by 6.5%, from 5,608 to 5,973.
Murder and hijacking cases increased by 8.9% in the Western Cape and 3.8% in Gauteng, the richest province in the nation.
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