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Anti-Immigrant Violence Leaves Several Dead in South Africa

The Mozambican government has said five citizens were killed in "xenophobic attacks" while families were forced to flee their homes in Kleinmond and Gansbaai in the Overberg as anti-immigration protests spread to the Western Cape region in South Africa.

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Lado Amido holds up his Mozambique passport. He spent two nights in the mountains behind Kleinmond, fleeing the threat of violence. Amido is one of more than 50 immigrants being sheltered in the Kleinmond community hall. He says he wants to return to Mozambique.

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Protest leader Sabelo Jonase said protesters wanted all immigrants out of the country as they were getting all the jobs. More than 200 immigrants, including women and children, have taken refuge in the Gansbaai Tourism and Conference Centre following an anti-immigrant march on Monday morning.

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