Former striker Marc Batchelor was shot dead in Johannesburg on Monday night.
Gauteng police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini
confirmed the incident to IOL Sport.
“Police are investigating a murder case after a former
soccer player, Mark Bachelor (sic), was attacked by two men driving a motorbike
in Olivedale outside his house. He was shot several times and died inside his
vehicle,” a police statement read.
“The suspects then drove away without taking anything. The
motive for the attack is still unknown. No one has been arrested.”
Pictures on
social media showed that there were a number of bullet holes in the driver’s
window of Batchelor’s vehicle.
The former goal-scorer
played for a number of clubs in South
Africa, including Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando
Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.
Batchelor is
perhaps best remembered for being part of the Pirates team that won the African
Champions League tournament in 1995.