Foreign national beaten to death by a mob in South Africa

Police say a 50-person mob in Durban killed a man amid a wave of anti-migrant marches.

Anti-immigrant protesters march in Durban, South Africa, on June 30, 2026, amid calls by anti-immigrant groups for undocumented migrants to leave the country [File: Rogan Ward/Reuters]

A mob has beaten a foreign national to death during a protest in the South African port city of Durban, amid a wave of anti-immigrant tension.

Police said the group approached the man as he stood by the side of a road in Durban’s central business district.

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The victim was allegedly assaulted by a group of about 50 people and was declared dead at the scene, a police statement said.

Police did not reveal the nationality of the man or details of the march.

They said the victim was in his 30s or early 40s, and they were still trying to identify suspects in the attack.

Anti-migrant marches

Durban has been at the epicentre of months of protests against foreign nationals , with looting and violence erupting after an anti-migrant march in the city two weeks ago.

Demonstrations calling for government action against African migrants who entered the country illegally began in June, with some escalating into violence.

Nigeria, Mozambique, Malawi and other countries have said some of their citizens have been killed in xenophobic attacks in South Africa.

South African authorities disputed some of those claims, saying that some deaths were linked to criminal activity.

Tens of thousands of migrants have left South Africa in recent months in one of the largest mass exoduses in years to avoid the violence.

The government also said that many were deported for not having the required papers to be in the country.

South Africa is Africa’s largest economy and migrants have moved to the country for opportunities. But communities in South Africa say there are not enough jobs and public services are overburdened.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced anti-migrant violence but acknowledged that weak border control systems allowed undocumented migrants to travel to and stay in the country.

Government figures show there are about 2.4 million foreign nationals living among South Africa’s population of 62 million.

警方称，在德班的一系列反移民游行中，50名暴徒杀害了一名男子。

2026年6月30日，反移民抗议者在南非德班游行，反移民团体呼吁无证移民离开该国。[图片：Rogan Ward/路透社]

在南非港口城市德班，一群暴徒在抗议活动中将一名外国公民殴打致死，此时正值反移民情绪高涨之际。

警方称，这伙人接近了站在德班中央商务区路边的这名男子。

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警方声明称，受害者据称遭到约 50 人围殴，当场死亡。

警方没有透露该男子的国籍或游行的细节。

他们说受害者年龄在30岁到40岁出头，目前仍在努力确认袭击嫌疑人的身份。

反移民游行

德班一直是数月来反对外国公民抗议活动的中心，两周前该市举行反移民游行后，发生了抢劫和暴力事件。

6 月，要求政府对非法入境的非洲移民采取行动的示威活动开始，其中一些示威活动升级为暴力事件。

尼日利亚、莫桑比克、马拉维和其他一些国家表示，他们的一些公民在南非发生的仇外袭击中丧生。

南非当局对其中一些说法提出异议，称部分死亡事件与犯罪活动有关。

近几个月来，数万名移民离开南非，这是近年来规模最大的移民潮之一，目的是躲避暴力冲突。

政府还表示，许多人因没有在该国停留所需的文件而被驱逐出境。

南非是非洲最大的经济体，大量移民涌入该国寻求发展机会。但南非当地社区反映，就业机会不足，公共服务不堪重负。

南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨谴责了反移民暴力行为，但也承认边境管制系统薄弱，导致无证移民得以进入南非并滞留。

政府数据显示，南非6200万人口中约有240万外国公民。