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One detained in South Africa after anti-immigration protesters clash with foreigners

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • South African police detained a foreign national accused of striking an officer with a stone during clashes in Durban.
  • The unrest began as about 100 anti-immigration protesters prepared to launch what they called a “clean-up campaign” against roughly 400 migrants.
  • Local media linked the action to March and March, while authorities reported an unspecified number of injuries and said calm had been restored.

A foreign national was detained in South Africa after a confrontation between anti-immigration protesters and migrants camping outside an Interior Affairs office in Durban.

Police in KwaZulu-Natal said they were registering a case against the foreign national, who allegedly struck an officer with a stone during the clash. The unrest began when about 100 protesters moved toward roughly 400 migrants who had been camping in the area after fleeing their homes because of xenophobic violence.

Police said they had deployed enough officers to intervene and restore order. Stones were thrown during the disturbance, and officers used what they described as minimal, proportionate crowd-management force. Calm had been restored, police said. Local media reported that March and March, one of the main groups supporting South Africa’s anti-immigration movement, had planned the action.

The police in KwaZulu-Natal are in the process of registering a case against a foreign national who assaulted a police officer with a stone during a confrontation between protesters and foreign nationals who have been camping outside the Department of Home Affairs.

· South African policeThe police described the allegation that led to the detention during the Durban clash.

Several people were reportedly injured, although no number was provided. One woman suffered a broken leg.

Tensions have continued to rise after a wave of xenophobic attacks and protests initially directed at illegal immigration turned violent against African migrants, with deaths also reported. Anti-immigration groups blame migrants for economic problems, poor public services and high crime rates, and have blocked access to medical care and education in public facilities. Official figures supplied by the governments involved say about 180,000 Africans from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been repatriated. Xenophobic tensions have repeatedly produced deadly violence in South Africa, especially in poorer neighborhoods.

The police had a sufficient deployment and intervened to restore order. During the commotion, stones were thrown in the surrounding area, and one thrown by a foreign national struck a police officer. The police had to use minimal, proportionate crowd-management force to manage the situation, and calm has been restored.

· South African policeThe police said officers contained the confrontation and restored calm.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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