DURBAN - A foreign national has been beaten to death in Durban’s CBD, with police using CCTV footage to help identify possible suspects.
The man, estimated to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was allegedly assaulted by a group of people on Thursday morning.
According to police, CCTV cameras monitoring the CBD captured a group of marchers moving along Dr Pixley kaSeme Street towards Maud Mfusi Street.
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Footage showed two men breaking away from the group and approaching another man standing on the roadside. The pair appeared to engage him in conversation.
When the cameras returned to the area some time later, the man was lying on the ground and the marchers had left.
The victim had swelling at the back of his head.
Police have not established what was used in the assault, and the motive for the attack remains unknown.
Investigators say they are following several leads to identify possible suspects.