South Africa: Somali shop owner due in court

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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Magistrate Herman Badenhorst previously postponed the matter so that Yusuf's status in the country could be established.

He is accused of shooting dead Siphiwe Mahori, 14, in Snake Park, Soweto, last Monday. He allegedly fired at a group of people trying to rob his shop.

The shooting sparked a wave of looting of foreign-owned shops, which spread from Soweto to Kagiso on the West Rand and Sebokeng in the Vaal, causing several deaths, including a baby who was trampled by a group of people running.

Last week four armed men barged into a foreign-owned shop in Nsuze, KZN firing shots at four Ethiopian nationals who were inside the shop at the time.

Police say the suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash before they fled the scene.

Three counts of attempted murder, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and armed robbery have been opened by the police.

KZN government authorities have condemned the attacks here in the province labelling them as xenophobic while their counterparts in Gauteng insist the violence in that part of the country is criminality and nothing more.

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