Over 900 arrested during South African anti-migrant protests
South African police arrested more than 900 people during nationwide anti-migrant protests on Tuesday. Of 120 marches, 108 were peaceful while 12 required police intervention, deputy national police commissioner Tebello Mosikili told a press conference, adding that reasons for the arrests ranged from immigration violations to public violence, harbouring undocumented migrants and robbery.
Police said in a separate statement that one person was shot dead late on Tuesday in Johannesburg's Alexandra township. Police reinforcements were deployed across five of the country's nine provinces overnight, while soldiers were sent to Johannesburg's inner-city Hillbrow neighbourhood, where two people were injured in a shooting. In the port city of Durban, police opened an inquest over the death of a foreign national who allegedly jumped from the eighth floor of a building on the eve of the protests.
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South Africa faced widespread anti-migrant protests on Tuesday, leading to numerous arrests and requiring police intervention in several areas. The
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