Bodies of Ethiopians killed to be sent home as anti-migrant attacks spread in South African port city
Tensions remained high on Tuesday, with local media reporting that about 2,000 armed migrants were engaged in a tense stand-off with police in Durban Foreign nationals gesture after clashes broke out between a group of locals and police in Durban on April 14 ,2015 in ongoing violence against foreign nationals in Durban, South Africa. (Photo/AFP) ATTACKS against foreigners continued in the South African port city of Durban Tuesday as the Ethiopian community prepared to repatriate the bodies of three of its nationals killed over the last two weeks. Ephraim Meskele, a leader of the Ethiopian community in Durban, said it was holding a prayer service Tuesday for the three victims, including a man killed when his shop was petrol-bombed on Friday. About 50 people have been arrested over the violence, in which at least four people have been killed. The police have not confirmed the nationalities of the victims. The attacks on immigrant-owned shops and homes in Durban’s impoverished