WATCH: 20 arrested following Turffontein looting spree

20 arrests have been made in Turffontein following incidents of looting at shops.

SAPS are condemning all acts of violence directed at the businesses and the looting of shops described as those of foreign nationals by criminal opportunists in areas that include Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Johannesburg Central.

The Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Elias Mawela has instructed all commanders to take strong action against the perpetrators as this state affair can not be allowed to continue.

The violence that started last week in Tshwane has seen a number of shops being burned and several others looted. It has also escalated in Johannesburg on Sunday, September 1, and other areas.

However, several arrests have also been affected for serious crimes including public violence, malicious damage to property and theft. A total of seventy (70) people have been arrested since Sunday.

The arrests were affected in various areas that include:

• 20 in Rossettenville
• 35 in Malvern
• 10 in Thembisa
• 26 in Jeppe
• 9 in Germiston

Police are also investigating a case of murder following the fatal shooting of a member of the public. He was allegedly shot by a group of people who had gathered in Hillbrow. At this stage, police are still interviewing several people to establish the motive for the shooting. No one has been arrested for the murder.

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