Footballer Luke Fleurs Killed In Carjacking
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00:00 South African footballer and Olympian Luke Flores was killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg.
00:07 This was announced by his club, the Kaiser Chiefs, on Thursday.
00:11 The 24-year-old defender was shot while waiting to be attended to at a petrol station in the
00:17 Honeydew suburb in Johannesburg.
00:20 According to the police, the attackers fled with Flores' vehicle.
00:24 Nonetheless, the police continue to conduct an investigation into the murder and carjacking
00:29 case.
00:30 "Luke meant a lot, not only to his family, but to the players he played with, the coaches,
00:38 the people who most likely had an impact.
00:40 There were probably little kids that looked up to him.
00:45 And as for the crime part, it's South Africa at this point.
00:51 You're kind of going to have to get used to it."
00:53 Flores previously played for South African under-23 side and represented the country
00:58 at the Tokyo Olympics.
01:00 He was the latest among thousands who perished in fatal hijackings across South Africa, which
01:06 has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
01:09 "Getting shot for no reason, literally, could happen to anybody, including myself.
01:15 And it brings so much pride that you could be walking and someone comes to attack you
01:20 for absolutely no good reason."
01:22 Official crime statistics from October to December last year indicate that 5,973 hijacking
01:29 cases were found.
01:32 The police have since appointed a team of detectives to investigate Flores' murder and
01:36 hijacking.
01:37 However, no arrests have been made yet.
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