Former South African footballer player Marc Batchelor shot dead outside his home in Johannesburg
In this file photograph taken on April 8, 2014, former South African footballer Marc Batchelor attends the ongoing murder trial of paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria.
Former South African footballer Marc Batchelor was shot dead in an apparent targeted killing on Monday evening as he drove home in Johannesburg, police said. "He was driving to his house and he was accosted by two guys on a motorcycle," police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini told AFP. "They fired shots at him and he died in his vehicle and the suspects drove away without taking anything,"Police said the motive of the attack was unknown and that no arrests had yet been made.Batchelor, 49, played for South Africa's two largest rival teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, as well as Mamelodi Sundowns, Moroka Swallows and Supersport United.
He had a long-running feud with Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murdering Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.Source: AFP
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