Violence broke out inwards Pretoria West yesterday when South African natives looted as well as laid upward the homes of foreigners on fire.
At to the lowest degree iii houses were laid upward alight betwixt 08:00 as well as 12:00, as well as diverse residences were looted, News24 reports.
The properties involved are to a greater extent than oftentimes than non owned past times or occupied past times foreigners, as well as residents believe that they are used to facilitate prostitution as well as to merchandise drugs.
Last week, at to the lowest degree 10 houses suspected to belong to unusual drug lords as well as brothel owners were laid upward ablaze inwards Rosettenville, due south of Johannesburg.
“We are tired of the criminal offence inwards our area. These Nigerians must receive got their drugs dorsum to Lagos,” said Charles Ngakula of Pretoria West.
On Sabbatum afternoon, the police push clit fired rubber bullets at a grouping of most 300 South Africans.
At to the lowest degree 7 police push clit vehicles were used to block off WF Nkomo Street as well as a police push clit helicopter was too involved inwards the operation.
Later inwards the afternoon, reporters from City Press’ sis newspaper Rapport witnessed the same grouping of people tempest the solid of a Zimbabwean refugee as well as start out to plunder it, piece a police push clit vehicle passed past times without taking whatever action.
Segun Oluwa, an asylum seeker from Nigeria as well as a resident of a solid inwards Court Street inwards Pretoria West, said:
“At 8am, people stormed into our solid as well as shouted: ‘All foreigners must leave!’”
The men looted the solid as well as laid upward it on fire.
Michael Olakunle, only about other Nigerian immigrant as well as a resident inwards the same house, said: “We didn’t create anything wrong. We don’t deserve what is happening to us. South Africans must spotter out. There are too South Africans inwards Nigeria as well as nosotros volition create the same to them there.”
Oluwa as well as his housemates said the police push clit witnessed what was happening, but didn’t create anything most it.
Inside only about of the homes that were looted, muddied mattresses covered the floors as well as packets of condoms were stuffed inwards drawers.
Two half-naked women sat exterior only about other domicile alongside the give-and-take ‘Dollhouse’ painted on the front end wall.
“There are immigrants who ain brothels as well as sell drugs, but non all foreigners are bad,” said Memory Vilakazi.
She is a South African, but was too chased out of her home.
“South Africans wanted to plunder it [my home] because it belongs to a Congolese national. They don’t similar it when foreigners ain property.”
Captain Augustinah Selepe, a police push clit spokesperson, said ii complaints of arson as well as i electrical load of populace violence had been lodged alongside the police.
At the fourth dimension of going to press, no arrests had been made. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/