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South Africa: One Dead, Several Injured in Fresh Anti-Migrant Clashes
DW, 8 September 2019
In a fresh outburst of xenophobic violence in Johannesburg, at least one person has been killed after police clashed with looters. The violence follows a week of attacks on… Read more »
Death and Injury in Fresh Violence in Johannesburg
One person has been killed in violence in the Johannesburg city centre, according to police. Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubele said five people had been injured when a group of men, some of them wielding sticks, pangas and tree branches, marched through the city centre after disrupting a meeting in which Inkatha Freedom Party President Emeritus Mangosuthu Buthelezi spoke to hostel residents following a week of deadly xenophobic violence.
One person died and 5 others were injured in fresh unrest in the Johannesburg CBD on September 8, 2019.
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9 September 2019
Looting Erupts Again in Johannesburg
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