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ETHIOPIAN SHOP OWNER MURDERED, HIS BUSINESS RANSACKED IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Immigrant-owned businesses have been ransacked and looted in St Francis Bay, Eastern Cape, and the shopkeepers have fled.

This comes after a week of violence, apparently sparked by two murders and an assault.

First, Eyob Madamo, a 27-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, was murdered in his shop in KwaNomzamo, Humansdorp, on 5 May.

A community member said on condition of anonymity, “When Madamo was murdered, the suspects went to rob another Ethiopian shop owner. Fortunately, they did not manage to overpower him. The shopkeeper informed his colleagues, who then called members of the [local] community.”

Working together, they hunted the suspect down and caught up with him on the Sunday.

“The suspect was also found with Eyob Madamo’s belongings. He was beaten by the mob and died,” said the community member. “The Ethiopians then tracked the suspect’s accomplice to Sea Vista.They found the suspect and beat him also … This angered the residents of Sea Vista who started attacking the foreigners, accusing them of beating up a South African national.”

 

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