Foreign nationals targeted in S/Africa’s extortion explosion
(Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP) A South African and his two sons, one a police officer, appeared before a Cape Town magistrate last month accused of extorting around 50 convenience stores run by Ethiopians and Somalis.
In July, at least two foreign nationals were among four people killed in a shooting at a spaza shop in the scenic Western Cape town of Franschhoek.
Police linked both incidents to extortion and not the weeks of xenophobic violence, largely directed at people from other African countries, which South African police said was responsible for the deaths of at least four foreign nationals.
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