Crime & Justice
Durban: Foreign national beaten to death by crowd of 50 during anti-immigrant march
October 22, 2026 at 05:00 PM
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A foreign national was beaten to death by a crowd of about 50 people during an anti-immigrant protest march in Durban, police said.
- Police said the unidentified man, in his late 30s, was beaten by a crowd of about 50 during a Durban march and died at the scene.
- Police have launched a murder investigation; the motive is not yet established and suspects remain unidentified.
- March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma denied xenophobia, saying the movement had decided "it is too much, it is enough."
- Nigeria's government accused South African authorities of responsibility for the deaths of two citizens during the recent anti-immigrant protests.

