Three Ethiopians and one South African were injured when a mob of people attacked Ethiopian men in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city South Africa’s second largest province of Kwazulu-Natal, last night, paramedics said.
Three Ethiopian men were treated for superficial stab wounds and a South African woman also sustained a minor injury to her elbow after rocks were allegedly thrown at her, ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson said.
She said one of the Ethiopian men treated by paramedics told them that a fight broke out after his brother’s car was vandalized for no apparent reason.
Questions about the car incident allegedly saw a bigger crowd of people from the community become violent against the Ethiopians.
Jackson said the incident resembled xenophobic attacks.