BBC
At least five people have been burnt or beaten to death in the South
African city of Johannesburg as violence against immigrants spreads.
More than 50 other people were taken to hospital in the suburb of
Cleveland with stab or bullet wounds.
The trouble began a week ago in the sprawling town****p of Alexandra.
Immigrants from neighbouring African countries were set upon by men
with guns and iron bars chanting "kick the foreigners out".
Terrified Zimbabweans, Mozambicans and Malawians fled to the safety of
the local police station and to another town****p, Diepsloot.
They were then attacked there as well - shacks were burnt down and
shops looted. The violence has since spread to another three areas.
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Looks as if xenophobia and racial/ethnic scapegoating isn't
limited to US border states .......
