Anti-Immigrant Violence Spread in Johannesburg, South Africa
- added May 18, 2008
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- vavavicky
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A policeman uses a fire extinguisher to try to save a man who had been set on fire by a mob during anti-immigrant clashes.
"Violence against immigrants, like some windswept fire, spread across one neighborhood after another here in one of South Africa’s main cities this weekend, and the police said the mayhem left at least 12 people dead — beaten by mobs, shot, stabbed or burned alive.
Thousands of panicked foreigners — many of them Zimbabweans who have fled their own country’s economic collapse — have now deserted their ramshackle dwellings and tin-walled squatter hovels to take refuge in churches and police stations.
This latest outbreak of xenophobia began a week ago in the historic township of Alexandra and has since spread to other areas in and around Johannesburg, including Cleveland, Diepsloot, Hilbrow, Tembisa, Primrose, Ivory Park and Thokoza."
"Violence against immigrants, like some windswept fire, spread across one neighborhood after another here in one of South Africa’s main cities this weekend, and the police said the mayhem left at least 12 people dead — beaten by mobs, shot, stabbed or burned alive.
Thousands of panicked foreigners — many of them Zimbabweans who have fled their own country’s economic collapse — have now deserted their ramshackle dwellings and tin-walled squatter hovels to take refuge in churches and police stations.
This latest outbreak of xenophobia began a week ago in the historic township of Alexandra and has since spread to other areas in and around Johannesburg, including Cleveland, Diepsloot, Hilbrow, Tembisa, Primrose, Ivory Park and Thokoza."
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Good info.
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This is what happens when a government refuses to act. The world has been asking South Africa to take a stand against the crimes Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is committing toward his countrymen, but South Africa's President, Mbeki, just shook Mugabe's hand and smiled.
Now Mbeki's people are acting out in the worst possible way, attacking the victims. -
The world needs help...fast.
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- aaronklong
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Just saw this....
"South African security ministers have been discussing using the army to help stop a wave of attacks on foreigners, which has left at least 23 people dead."
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