The Citizen reports that Emily Leuner (38), the general manager of the luxury Tintswalo Safari Lodge in the Manyeleti Nature Reserve, will probably not be able to walk again after she was shot in her spine by a disgruntled former employee.

According to Janie van der Spuy, spokesperson for the Tintswalo Collection group of hotels and lodges, Leuner is currently in the ICU at Millpark Hospital in Johannesburg after she was airlifted from Hoedspruit on Friday evening. Van der Spuy said that Leuner was shot by a staff member who had been dismissed after a disciplinary hearing. “The perpetrator returned to the lodge and shot her four times in the upper body and legs, before taking his own life. Emily is stable and conscious, but has sustained serious spinal and lung injuries, which will require extensive treatment and rehabilitation,” Van der Spuy advised. Leuner’s exact prognosis is still unclear at this stage. An Mpumalanga SAPS spokesperson confirmed that the suspect had died, and that the investigation was ongoing.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Anwen Mojela at The Citizen

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