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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zulu king in South Africa has condemned recent deadly attacks on immigrants following reported comments in which he said foreigners should leave the country.
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, an influential figure among the Zulu ethnic group, said the violence was unacceptable in a speech Monday at a sports stadium in Durban, a coastal city where six people have died in anti-immigrant violence since the end of March.
The king has been under scrutiny for earlier remarks deemed to be critical of immigrants, many of them from other African countries, who are living in South Africa. Those remarks came shortly before the unrest.
Women carrying children queue for food at a temporary refugee camp for foreign nationals, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, April 20, 2015. A total of seven people have died in attacks on immigrants in South Africa in the past week bringing the South African president to postpone a key ceremony, his office said Monday. The anti-immigrant violence has been in specific areas of Durban and Johannesburg. Six people died in attacks in the coastal city of Durban, where looters broke into shops owned by immigrants, police said. The violence has since subsided. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (Themba Hadebe/AP)
Riots spread to parts of Johannesburg. Authorities have arrested three suspects in the killing of a Mozambican man in the city's Alexandra township this past weekend.
Unidentified woman stands behind a fence at a temporary refugee camp for foreign nationals fleeing attacks from South Africans, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, April 20, 2015. The anti-immigrant violence has been in specific areas of Durban and Johannesburg. Six people died in attacks in the coastal city of Durban, where looters broke into shops owned by immigrants, police said. The violence has since subsided. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) (Themba Hadebe/AP)