A Somali community in Johannesburg on Thursday accused police of firing live ammunition at its members as more xenophobic attacks were reported in Gauteng and former Cabinet minister Kader Asmal questioned claims of ‘third force’ involvement in the attacks.
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/ 3 September 2007
Police in Soweto were firing water and rubber bullets into a crowd of more than 500 angry protesters in Protea South on Monday. Protesters had begun barricading the main road at about 6am on Monday over poor service delivery. They were also vandalising lamp posts and throwing stones.