Violence Escalates In South Africa - Foreigners Burned Alive In Street

May 19, 2008

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Mob violence against foreigners in Johannesburg and elsewhere in South Africa is raging despite police efforts to end killing sprees of which Zimbabweans are a prime target. Sources estimated that some 20 people have died since the latest outburst, most violently as the following articles detail.

News reports and direct sources say mobs continue to roam the city’s poorest neighborhoods, burning shacks, looting stores, and attacking immigrants.

Since beginning this blog some 5 years ago, I’ve had a number of gruesome pictures and articles come across my desk. Jim, over at Gateway Pundit has posted one of the most disturbing articles I’ve seen in some time. It’s shocking to realize what level man can deteriorate to.

In the article you will read about “necklacing”.

Necklacing refers to the practice of summary execution carried out by forcing a rubber tire, filled with gasoline, around a victim’s chest and arms, and setting it on fire.

Before you click over, I caution you that these photos are extremely disturbing.

WARNING ON CONTENT– VERY DISTURBING PHOTOS

Gateway Pundit

More - Anti-immigrant violence rages on in South Africa

The man certainly looked dead, lying motionless in the dust of the squatter camp. His body seemed almost like a bottle that had been turned on its side, spilling blood. His pants were red with the moisture.

Nearby was evidence of what he had endured. A large rock had been used to gouge his torso. Embers remained from a fire that had been part of some torture. Shards of a burned jacket still clung to the victim’s left forearm.

Then, as people stepped closer, there was the faintest of breath pushing against his chest. “This guy may be alive,” someone surmised. As if to confirm it, the man moved the fingers of his right hand.

The jaded crowd neither rejoiced nor lamented. After all, the horrific attacks against immigrants around Johannesburg had already been going on for a week, and in their eyes the victim was just some Malawian or Zimbabwean, another casualty in the continuing purge.

This nation is undergoing a spasm of xenophobia, with poor South Africans taking out their rage on the poor foreigners living in their midst. At least 22 people had been killed by Monday in the unrelenting mayhem, the police said.

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