Local blacks looted and vandalized nearly two hundred Bangladeshi-owned businesses in the Bloemfontein area of South Africa's Free State Province.
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On Thursday night in Bloemfontein Prezines, Mafura, Krisani, Fidom, Pagesix, Peijten, Matakandi, Dulal Castle, Khalisa, Rockland, Oskom Wagesbrary, Checkout, Hedidal and surrounding areas, more than two hundred Ethiopians, Somalis, Bangladeshis carried out armed attacks, looting and vandalism. black people
It is known that some students attacked the businesses of foreigners on the pretext of getting sick after eating expired food in the local area. Attacks, vandalism and looting continued till the writing of this report.
A Bangladeshi youth in Rockland was seriously injured after a black man stabbed him in the head. Hundreds of Bangladeshi expatriates left their shops and took shelter in various mosques and Bangladeshi homes in Heidal town in the dark of night. Many people were attacked by cars on the road and fled and saved their lives by taking shelter at the local police station. Currently, Bangladeshis in the area are living in fear.
There have been previous xenophobic attacks on migrants in Bloemfontein in 2008, 2012, 2019 and 2021. Bangladeshis were also victims of that attack. On the late night of May 16, 2021, black men attacked, vandalized and looted hundreds of shops in Khalisa, Pumping, Rockland, Namibia in Bloemfontein.
