8 people arrested in Sharpeville after spaza shops owned by foreign nationals looted

CAPE TOWN - Police said that eight people were arrested in Sharpeville after residents looted spaza shops owned by foreign nationals.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, said that the situation was still tense on Thursday evening, with public order police monitoring the area.

Nevhuhulwi said that five suspects were arrested for public violence, while three foreign nationals are also behind bars after being found in possession of unlicensed firearms.

"The community members looted foreign national tuck-shops and on 16 October 2024, a local businessman was fatally shot while his employee sustained a gunshot wound. The suspects are unknown at this stage."