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A Zambian national in Germiston sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday after being stabbed on the forehead by a group of unknown people.

Pretoria - Zambia's high commission in Pretoria has cautioned its citizens in South Africa to take extra precautionary measures for their safety in the face of widespread attacks and looting targeting mainly the businesses of foreign nationals.

She said a Zambian national in Germiston sustained life threatening injuries on Monday after being stabbed on the forehead by a group of unknown people. "He was then brutally stabbed and left for dead but was rushed to Gemiston Hospital where he was attended to. His condition has been described as stable. The assailants motive for his brutal attack has not yet been fully established but it is suspected that he was attacked because of the current wave of violent attacks against foreigners in South Africa."Police on Monday said 91 people had been arrested in and around Johannesburg over the past two days over the violence.

 

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