The 24-year-old defender was gunned down last week as he
refilled his car at a gas station in a northwestern suburb of the city, in the
latest incident to shock the crime-ridden nation.
“Police have arrested six suspects for the alleged hijacking
and murder,” police spokesman Mavela Masondo (SAPS) said.
Authorities have said Fleurs was waiting to be served at a
petrol station in his Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI when he was confronted by two men,
who ordered him out of the vehicle at gunpoint.
Once he got out of his car, they shot him before driving
away in his vehicle.
Masondo said the arrests were made early on Wednesday in
Johannesburg southwestern township of Soweto — two days after detectives
recovered Fleurs’s car.
Investigators believe the suspects are part of a crime
syndicate responsible for other car hijackings in Johannesburg’s Gauteng
province.
“The search for more suspects is continuing,” Masondo said.
South Africa suffers from a soaring violent crime rate — a
key political issue ahead of general elections in May, with opposition parties
pointing to the government’s perceived failure.
The country recorded almost 84 murders a day between October
and December, according to official figures.
Kaizer Chiefs are one of South Africa’s top teams, having
won a record 53 domestic trophies.
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