CAPE TOWN (Halbeeg News) – Unidentified gunmen have killed a Somali national, identified as Ahmed Hassan in South Africa, the latest string of killings of foreign traders.
According to Yare Sheikh, a relative of the victim said the gunmen stormed the shop of Hassan in Motherwell village of Cape town late last night.
“The gunmen killed Ahmed Hassan on the spot, they have made away with money and valuable things,” he said.
No arrest was made so far by South Africa Police.
South Africans often accuse foreigners of taking their jobs, a reason they often use to justify attacks against foreigners in South Africa.
For years, South African police have been accused of being complicit in attacks against immigrants, something that prompted many immigrants including Somalis to possess illegal arms in a desperate attempt to defend themselves and their properties against gangs.
Dozens of Somalis have been killed in South Africa for the past few years.
Many of them have had their businesses robbed and seriously wounded.
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