Alexandra residents turn on illegal immigrants

About 500 police are patrolling Alexandra township north-east of the Johannesburg CBD, following xenophobic attacks over the weekend.

An angry mob shot dead one person and injured 30 others, all believed to be illegal immigrants. Police spokesperson Moses Maphakakela says Alexandra residents say they don't want illegal immigrants in the area.

They accuse them of being behind a series of criminal activities in the township. Maphakela says the foreigners were attacked in their houses in Alex and neighbouring Kew last night. He says the injured are being treated at the Alexandra clinic.