JOHANNESBURG - One person has been shot and killed in Alexandra following anti-illegal immigration protests.
According to police, it is alleged that at about 8pm, some community members were looting foreign national spaza shops when shots were fired, fatally wounding one person.
The victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made yet.
Several shops were looted as the protests turned violent on Tuesday night following nationwide demonstrations.
Members of the March and March movement, along with other South Africans, took to the streets on Tuesday to demand that undocumented migrants leave the country.