Five killed‚ 189 arrested in Joburg violence

A resident of the Jeppe hostel holds an axe in the Johannesburg CBD, September 3 2019. Picture: MICHELLE SPARARI/ AFP

“Police have increased deployments to cover all the areas identified as hot spots. Violence has seen several shops being looted‚ burned and property being looted‚” said police spokesperson Col Lungelo Dlamini. “We can’t rule out pure criminality, of criminals using a sensitive situation where there are real grievances on issues of unemployment and foreign nationals,” Cele told reporters.

Makhura said during an inspection of the damage in Alexandra that there was a “xenophobic sentiment” underlying the attacks.

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