Emily Leuner still in ICU after shot four times by former employee
Reserve manager in the Greater Kruger, is still in the intensive care unit at Milpark Hospital after she was shot by a disgruntled employee on July 19.
Emily Leuner (38), general manager of the luxury Tintswalo Safari Lodge in the Manyeleti Nature is still in the intensive care unit at Milpark Hospital after she was shot by a disgruntled employee on July 19.
This is according to Janie van der Spuy, spokesperson for the Tintswalo Collection group of hotels and lodges.
Leuner was shot by a staff member, a security guard, who had been dismissed after a disciplinary hearing. He returned to the lodge and shot Leuner four times in the upper body and legs before taking his own life. Leuner was airlifted to the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on the same day.
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She is said to have been left paralysed after the shooting after she sustained serious spinal and lung injuries and required extensive treatment and rehabilitation. Leuner and her husband, Alistair, were appointed manager couple at Tintswalo Safari Lodge in 2017.
They are well-known in the wildlife and safari industry and used to work at Sabi Sabi. Alistair is the general manager of Tintswalo Safari Products. The couple has three young children. Police spokesperson Capt Magonseni Nkosi said on Friday that the incident is still under investigation.
