South African killed during xenophobic violence in Springs
5 September 2019
A man lay dead wrapped in a silver wrapper while his relatives wept in White City Section of Kwathema township in Springs on Wednesday. Police and residents gathered around the marked area.
Witnesses say the shooting happened at about 3pm when a landlord was trying to protect a foreign shop owner who was his tenant. The man who was shot dead lived in a different area about 3km away and was apparently coming from a shop. Kwathema police later said that he was 24 years old.
Vans were witnessed dropping groups of men who had come to loot shops in the area. Residents say looters were not from their area; they had not seen them before.