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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG: Police in the Free State have now arrested more than 70 people, after the so-called \u201cMangaung shutdown\u201d protests rocked Bloemfontein at the start of the week.<\/p>\n

The protests saw shops, owned by foreign nationals, come under attack as members of the community began to loot them.<\/p>\n

The protests, which were organised under the banner of the \u201cMangaung shutdown\u201d, saw 13 shops looted and 13 people were arrested for public violence as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Among the arrested was a security guard, who was charged for the murder of a teenage boy. The teenager was shot dead by a security guard, at a warehouse which community members allegedly stormed on Monday.<\/p>\n

Free State police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele said the protesters caused damage, looted foreign-owned shops, and injured some of the foreign shopkeepers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe total number of people who were arrested, since the shutdown protests started on Sunday evening, stand at 70, and we anticipate more arrests, as there are more shop owners still reporting additional cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were other protests which were reported in areas like Soutpan, Dewetsdorp and Zastron. In the Zastron protests, about 20 people were arrested thus far, for public violence and looting, which took place at foreign nationals\u2019 shops as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp to this morning, all these areas were reported to be quiet, but police deployments are still in these places and will be there until the situation has been normalised,\u201d said Makhele.<\/p>\n

Those arrested, including the murder-accused security guard, were expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate\u2019s Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce more, we are appealing to those criminal elements, who are continuing to loot the shops and barricade the roads, to stop \u2013 as we consider their conduct to be pure criminality,\u201d said Makhele.<\/p>\n

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