South Africa officials have confirmed the killing of Bafana Bafana
and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa by unknown armed attackers.
Meyiwa was said to have be gunned down by intruders when trying to
protect his girlfriend during a robbery at her home near Johannesburg on
Sunday night.
As reported on SuperSports, the 27-year-old goalkeeper died after
suffering a single shot through the chest at the home of his girlfriend
identified as Kelly Khumalo.
"Two guys entered the house and demanded cell phones, money and other
valuables," provincial Community Safety official, Sizakele
Nkosi-Malubane, told reporters at the scene.
"Senzo tried to protect Kelly because one of the men had a gun pointed towards her."
Police said two men entered Khumalo's house about 8p.m. local time
(1800 GMT). A third waited outside the house and all three fled
immediately after the shooting.
Meyiwa was declared dead on arrival at hospital, the police added.
"We can assure all South Africans that we will do all we can to bring
Meyiwa's killers (to) book," the South African Police Service said on
its Twitter account, offering a reward of R150 000.
Meyiwa captained South Africa in their last four matches in the
African Nations Cup qualifiers without conceding a goal and playedon
Saturday when his club advanced to the semi-finals of the South African
League Cup.
"This is a sad loss whichever way you look at it -- to Senzo's
family, his extended family, Orlando Pirates and to the nation," Pirates
chairman Irvin Khoza said in a statement.
The death of Meyiwa makes it the second high profile death in
sporting circles in South Africa in a matter of days as only recently
800m runner Mbulaeni Mulaudzi also died in a car crash.
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