One person has been killed in renewed xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg, South Africa, police have confirmed.
, Gauteng police spokesperson, Captain Kay Makhubele, also confirmed that five people had been injured.
A group of men, some of whom wielded sticks, pangas and tree branches, reportedly marched through the city centre after disrupting a meeting in which the President Emeritus of the Inkatha Freedom Party, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, spoke to hostel residents following a week of deadly xenophobic violence.Several shops were forced to close their doors as the protesters damaged property and looted several businesses.
The Publicity Secretary of the union, Habib Salihu, in a statement on Sunday, said this was to avoid a repeat of the violence recorded last week which led to “monumental loss of properties and innocent lives.”
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