NEWS: Police lockdown Durban city centre as xenophobes attack foreigners

Durban’s city centre is under total lockdown as Metro Police battle to contain a mob trying to attack foreign owned shops.

The group of about 200 in West Street has regrouped further up the road after initially being dispersed by police‚ who fired stun grenades. There are also reports that shops in Point Road are being targeted.



Ethiopian shopkeepers on West Street told The Times they were terrified and begged for help against the group of about 200 who had stoned their shops and threatened to kill them. As they ran in every direction after police intervened‚ some tried to set a car alight by starting a fire under the vehicle‚ but police quickly put it out.

Police have advised foreign shopkeepers to stay indoors until calm can be restored.

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