Mob of about 50 kills foreign national in Durban

A mob of about 50 people beat a foreign national to death during a march in central Durban on Thursday, October 22, police said, as anti-migrant tensions continued in the South African city. Police opened a murder case and said they were still trying to identify suspects. The man, believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was standing beside a road when two men approached him from the marching crowd, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said. The group then assaulted him. Police said he died at the scene. Authorities have not disclosed the victim’s nationality or established a motive for the attack. Police said investigators were pursuing leads, but no arrests had been announced in the reports. They urged the public not to circulate unverified information. The killing came a day after the group March and March held a motorcade in Durban. The group has organized protests this year calling for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa and says its campaign is not xenophobic. It has threatened a citywide shutdown on November 10 over the government’s handling of asylum applications. The South African National Defence Force had been deployed in Durban...