IN PICS: Anti-immigration protests turn violent as cars burn and shops are vandalised across SA
Vehicles torched, shops vandalised and violent protests linked to the March and March Movement bring parts of Durban CBD to a standstill, with unrest also reported in other parts of South Africa.
Violent protests linked to the March and March Movement brought parts of Durban's CBD to a standstill, with unrest also reported in other parts of South Africa. According to IOL, vehicles were torched and shops vandalised.
At least 24 vehicles were set ablaze and foreign-owned shops looted in South Africa as anti-immigration protests descended into violence in two major cities, police said, as reported by KahawaTungu and People Daily Kenya. Clashes broke out in Soweto, outside Johannesburg, and Durban, a major port on the east coast.
In Durban, protesters gathered outside a government refugee reception centre demanding that it stop accepting asylum applications. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds as businesses in the city centre shut their doors, with 14 vehicles torched in Durban, according to KahawaTungu. Three foreign nationals were arrested in connection with an alleged assault on a protester.
The Department of Home Affairs withdrew a directive on the intake of asylum applications following the violent protests, as reported by AllAfrica.
Brief written by urgent.news from IOL, KahawaTungu, People Daily Kenya, AllAfrica — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
