Zimbabwe Footballer Narrowly Escapes Mistaken-Identity Shooting in Johannesburg

Divine Lunga, a 31-year-old Zimbabwe international defending for Mamelodi Sundowns, escaped unharmed when gunmen fired on his vehicle in Johannesburg's Hillbrow district Sunday. Police are investigating the shooting as attempted murder. The shooter appears to have mistaken him for an undercover police officer—a pattern that recurs in South African crime. The incident underscores security risks for foreign athletes in a neighborhood with chronic violent crime.