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Islanders flock to Charlottetown Flea Market for affordable finds amid rising costs | SaltWireJOHANNESBURG - In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached high school age, but Fleurs found another path: he was so brilliant at soccer that he rose to be a professional player at South Africa's top club.
Crime was part of the backdrop of Fleurs' upbringing in Mitchell's Plain, a suburb of Cape Town where the apartheid-era government relocated mixed-race families. "It was in these groups of friends that many lost their path and went to join local gangs as early as 12 years old," said Theo Fleurs, a high school janitor and soccer coach, adding that many local boys idolised the gangster lifestyle.
The murder rate in the United States, one of the highest in the developed world, was six per 100,000 in 2022, according to government data. The proportion of murder cases being solved has been declining. In 2022/23, there were 27,494 murders and 2,982 convictions, according to government figures. Six men have been charged with Luke Fleurs' murder after police tracked his stolen car to Soweto, South Africa's largest township. They have indicated they will plead not guilty.
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