Two persons were stabbed on Sunday as fresh xenophobic protests hit Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city.
According to The PUNCH, Nigerian Union in South Africa’s President, Adetola Olubajo, confirmed this in a telephone interview.
He, however, could not speak on the nationalities of the victims or the severity of the injuries, as the Police had yet to reveal the victims’ identities.
Olubajo said, “It’s confirmed that two people were stabbed by MTN Taxi Rank and Jeppe Road in Johannesburg Central Business District and we have informed the Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg and the Police in Jeppestown.
“I’m not sure (of their nationalities) as the Police have taken them to hospital.
According to the NUSA president, a popular South African activist, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, had on Sunday addressed the South Africans, calling for peace, but some of the protesters got angry and left.
Olubajo added, “Now, they are chanting ‘Foreigners must go,’ with some dangerous weapons in their hands.