[ 2015-04-19 ]

Xenophobia: Four Ghanaians allegedly killed in South Africa
Four Ghanaians are reportedly killed in Kroonstad
a small community in South Africa's Bloemfontein
area in xenophobic attacks, a leader of a
Ghanaian association has told Joy News.

There’s been no independent confirmation of the
incident.

But Secretary of the Ghanaian Community in
Bloemfontein Kofi Siaw has told JOYNEWS reports
received in the last hour suggest the Ghanaians
were allegedly killed by armed youth protesting
takeover of local jobs by immigrants.

“What we heard is that for about three days they
have not been seen so when they checked on them
they have been murdered”, he explained to Joy
News Saturday.

Their search, he said, led to the discovery of the
four persons in the salon. A two-month-old baby is
among the dead.

They had been dumped in a hair dressing salon.

He said hair-dressing is a popular business run by
many Ghanaians in South Africa.

The incident happened in Kroonstad, about
200kilometers from Bloemfontein

Kofi Siaw was emphatic that the deaths could not
be by natural causes, as alleged in the case of
Emmanuel Quarcoo.

He unfortunately could not provide names of the
deceased but assured that the community was
frantically making calls in the hopes of
identifying the victims.

Efforts to get official confirmation have not been
successful yet.

But Joy FM's partners the BBC is also reporting
fresh outbreak of xenophobic attacks the
country’s largest city, Johannesburg.

According to the BBC Police used tear gas and
rubber bullets to disperse looters in Alexandria
as small groups attacked foreign-owned shops. More
than 30 people have been picked up.

In Ghana Security has been beefed up at the South
African High Commission to avert any possible
reprisal attacks.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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