Vigilante groups deployed in Johannesburg

[Surya Gayatri]

South African police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on anti-immigration protesters in a Johannesburg suburb Thursday hours after thousands rallied against xenophobia in the port city of Durban.

Around 200 protesters took to the streets in South Africa’s largest commercial city of Johannesburg, shouting anti-immigrant slogans and pelting passing vehicles and police, a witness told Reuters.

In recent days, shops and homes owned by Somalis, Ethiopians, Malawians and other immigrants in Durban and surrounding townships have been the target of attacks, forcing families to flee to camps protected by armed guards.

At least four people have been killed in the wave of violence that started two weeks ago in the key port city on the Indian Ocean.

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