Anti-Migrant Violence Spreads in South African City

The downtown area of South Africa's third-largest city was in "lockdown" on Tuesday as police faced off with both locals targetting the shops of migrants from elsewhere in Africa, and migrants who reportedly began to arm themselves.

Xenophobic attacks in Durban have escalated over the past week.

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Migrants in Durban, South Africa, at prayer in a makeshift refugee camp to which they have fled.

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