Foreigners sought refuge at the Primrose police station on Wednesday night saying they were terrified, Gauteng police confirmed.<\/p>\n
Attacks and vehicle stonings marked fresh xenophobic violence in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
“The group of [20] foreign nationals went to the police station saying they are afraid for their lives,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini.<\/p>\n
Earlier, groups of people had gathered in the Jeppestown section of Jules street, near the Wolhuter Hostel, and threw stones at passing cars.<\/p>\n
White motorists were attacked by roaming black mobs and reporters on the scene saw mobs running up to passing cars and trying to force their doors open.<\/p>\n
An Ethiopian man was also filmed having a brick thrown at him, News24 reported.<\/p>\n
In Dobsonville, to the west of Johannesburg, two Somalis were attacked and robbed in their shop.<\/p>\n
One of the men was thought to have been pistol whipped and the other hit by a glass bottle.<\/p>\n
The SA Police Service and Metro police said they would be monitoring the city and surrounds on Thursday to prevent any violence.<\/p>\n
President Jacob Zuma called for calm in special pre-recorded messages broadcast on public radio and television, after five people were killed in clashes between foreigners, locals and police in Durban since Friday.<\/p>\n
Zuma will make a statement in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon on the xenophobic violence which has swept across KwaZulu-Natal, ANC chief whip Stone Sizani said on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Zuma is scheduled to make a statement on the unfortunate violence ahead of him taking oral questions in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon,\u201d Sizani\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the President has delivered his statement, all political parties represented in the National Assembly will have an opportunity to make their declarations in reaction to the statement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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