South African police said on Wednesday (July 1) that more than 900 people were arrested on Tuesday (June 30) during nationwide anti-migrant protests that were mostly peaceful but descended into violence and looting at some locations.
Tebello Mosikili, a deputy national police commissioner, told a press conference that of the 120 marches that took place on Tuesday, 108 were peaceful while 12 needed law enforcement to intervene due to unrest.
Some of those arrested were undocumented migrants detained for violating immigration rules, while others were arrested for public violence, harbouring illegal immigrants and robbery.


