Kaizer Chiefs player Luke Fleurs. (Supplied)
Kaizer Chiefs football player Luke Fleurs was killed during a hijacking in Honeydew, Johannesburg, on Wednesday night, according to Gauteng police.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said Fleurs had stopped at a petrol station on the corner of 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Drive in his red VW Golf 8 GTI.
"While waiting to be served by the petrol attendant, he was confronted by two armed males who [were] driving a white BMW 1 series."
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