eNCA | Body found amid Imizamo Yethu violence
JOHANNESBURG – Police discovered the body of a 19-year-old following violence in Mandela Park, Imizamo Yethu informal settlement near Hout Bay on Saturday.
Western Cape police said the body was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.
“Police waited for the morgue vehicle to transfer the body. The current situation in Mandela Park/Imizamo Yethu informal settlement is volatile,” said police spokesperson, André Traut.
Along with this another councillor’s house and an ANC office were also set alight #ImizamoYethu #eNCA pic.twitter.com/crFCGxiBDB
— Pheladi Sethusa (@pheladi_s) July 22, 2017
On Friday, protesters torched an ANC building situated on Mandela Road, as well as homes of community leaders in the area.
“Protestors were moving around between shacks and pelted police members and Nyalas with stones and objects. The protesters barricaded the roads at the Imizamo Yethu settlement to prevent SAPS from entering the area,” Traut said.
A number of containers that were shops owned by foreign nationals were torched overnight in #ImizamoYethu #eNCA pic.twitter.com/yFtyMBIeOB
— Pheladi Sethusa (@pheladi_s) July 22, 2017
Police said containers housing Somalian shops were pushed into the roads and set alight by protesters, and were used to barricade the roads.
Various cases of public violence, arson, and one of murder have been opened for investigation.
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