Fake News Spark Violence in KwaMashu Townships

Publisher:
SABC
Publication Date:
31 May 2017
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs

KwaZulu-Natal police have blamed fake news for the violence that has spread across townships north of Durban. Shops were torched and many more looted as communities went on the rampage, targeting foreign nationals. One person was killed in clashes last night. A pupil was among three people, shot and injured this morning.

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