Police resorted to rubber bullets and a water cannon to disperse the angry crowds during xenophobic attacks in the Durban CBD.
DURBAN - Photographers Tebogo Letsie and Thanda Kunene captured the xenophobic unrest in the heart of Durban CBD as angry marchers made their way to Point Road.
Twitter was also abuzz with more images of the unrest as the police came under pressure and fired rubber bullets at unruly crowds.
Point Road xenophobic unrest. Police under pressure as crowd grows. @eNCAnews pic.twitter.com/38GeZmeeop
— Dasen Thathiah (@DasenThathiah) April 14, 2015
Thixo. RT @_ArriveAlive: Durban central Durban - 14H45 - Wills Road now reports of attacks Xenophobia @StanfromIBF pic.twitter.com/F9QnkWL23x
— Jozi Shoez Lamla (@JoziLamla) April 14, 2015
xenophobic unrest now moves to Point Road. @eNCAnews pic.twitter.com/T7qQ50usOG
— Dasen Thathiah (@DasenThathiah) April 14, 2015
Standoff between locals and foreigners brings West Street to a halt. Xenophobia @eNCAnews pic.twitter.com/nlhvoKxUS4
— Dasen Thathiah (@DasenThathiah) April 14, 2015
