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South Africa’s international goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa shot dead

The South African Hero Dead "Senzo Meyiwa"

 National team’s captain killed after armed men broke into the house where he was staying, say police

The captain of South Africa's national soccer team was fatally shot when armed

men broke into the house where he was staying, police said.

South Africa has a high rate of violent crime, but it was not immediately clear whether the house where Meyiwa was staying was targeted by thieves or gunmen with another motive. Solomon Makgale, a South African police spokesman, declined to comment, referring Associated Press to updates on the policeTwitter account.

Goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was killed around 8 pm on Sunday after two gunmen entered a house in Vosloorus township near Johannesburg while an accomplice waited outside, the national police force said on its Twitter account. 

The three assailants then fled on foot, according to the police service, which offered a reward of nearly $14,000 for information leading to arrests in the case.

Police said there were seven people in the house during the attack, and that the shooting followed an "altercation."

Authorities said they would do everything possible to find the killers.

South Africa has a high rate of violent crime, but it was not immediately clear whether the house where Meyiwa was staying was targeted by thieves or gunmen with another motive.

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