Ugandan killed, five suspects arrested during Durban violence
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
A Ugandan national was killed and several foreigners assaulted during anti-immigration protests in Durban, South Africa. Five men aged 19 to 46 were arrested in investigations into the murder and other violence, according to police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda, quoted by IOL.
South African police arrested five men aged between 19 and 46 as part of an investigation into the death of a Ugandan national who was assaulted and stabbed during anti-immigration protests in Durban. The arrests took place on Friday outside the Home Affairs offices on Che Guevara Road in Umbilo, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said.
The suspects could be questioned in cases involving assaults on foreigners on Wednesday, a murder on Thursday morning and serious violence against two other foreign nationals in Berea, police said. The Ugandan’s death is the first murder recorded this week during the protests, which have also been marked by looting and intimidation.
Meanwhile, three Ethiopian nationals appeared before the Durban court on charges of public violence and attempted murder. Prosecutor Zakhele Nzuza said one of them, 29-year-old Wodaje Girma, was allegedly involved in the assault of a man who had come to have his phone repaired on 8 October. Fourteen cars were subsequently set alight and 12 businesses damaged on Dr Pixley kaSeme Street, according to the prosecution.
The arrests came after the death of a foreign national during an anti-immigration protest in Durban, reported on 23 October. Police had also investigated the previous day the death of a foreigner killed by a group of 50 people.
