Foreign shops in S. Africa looted again
Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:
Fresh looting hit foreign- owned shops on Wednesday in western Johannesburg and no casualties were immediately reported, city officials said.
A series of violent looting targeting immigrant-owned shops have been witnessed around Johannesburg in the past few weeks, leading to several deaths.
The latest round of violence erupted during a protest against poor service delivery in the municipality.
The incident came two weeks after Soweto, a town near Johannesburg, was hard hit by looting spree, in which at least six people were killed and almost 100 foreign shops were looted.
The South African government has denied that the latest spate of violence was related to xenophobia. Endi