In South AfricaCourt finds 2 citizens guilty of killing Mozambican man during anti-immigrant violence
At least seven people were killed, while hundreds of foreigners fled to safety camps.
Two South Africa men captured in
local media images beating and stabbing a Mozambican man to death
during the anti-foreigner violence in April were found guilty of murder
on Friday, state broadcaster SABC said.
The two
accused were found guilty of killing the Mozambican national Emmanuel
Sithole in the Johannesburg shanty town of Alexandra. The two, who had
denied the charges, would be sentenced in December, the television
station said.
Authorities we not available to confirm the convictions.
The
wave of anti-immigrant attacks first surfaced in parts of coastal city
Durban in the eastern Kwa-Zulu Natal province before quickly spreading
to the commercial capital of Johannesburg.
At least seven people were killed, while hundreds of foreigners fled to safety camps.
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