FIFA official shot in suspected armed robbery in JHB

Police were on Wednesday following leads on the whereabouts of gunmen who shot the chief financial officer for FIFA’s local organising committee outside his home in Sandton, Johannesburg, a spokesperson said.

“I can’t really tell you what happened, but we were called to attend to a shooting at Gallo Manor at about 10 in the morning yesterday [Tuesday],” said Captain Kym Cloete.

Farouk Seedat, 52, was rushed to hospital after being shot in what police believe to be a house robbery.

Police were investigating cases of attempted robbery and attempted murder.

A spokesperson for a hospital where Seedat was admitted said that he was in a stable condition, the Star newspaper reported.

- SAPA

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