Cops are saying that several attacks on foreigners in rural areas are related to fights over business territory and not xenophobia.
A Somali shopowner's house was petrol-bombed in Grabouw over the past weekend.
In another incident, cops are looking for a large number of suspects who robbed a Somali-owned shop in the area of R4 000 in cash as well as cigarettes and airtime on Monday.
But cop sources say even though the attacks were aimed at foreigners, they suspect that it might actually be fights over business territory and not related to xenophobic attacks which have flared up across the Western Cape in the past week.
In a similar incident in Worcester last week, two Somali men died and two others were wounded when their Avian Park tuck shop was attacked.
Police spokesperson Captain Mzikayise Moloi says no arrests have been made.
Meanwhile, De Doorns Police Station Commander Desmond van der Westhuizen says the area that was torn apart by attacks on Zimbabweans last year is relatively quiet.
"We have had no such incidents and we hope it stays that way," he says. - Daily Voice
A Somali shopowner's house was petrol-bombed in Grabouw over the past weekend.
In another incident, cops are looking for a large number of suspects who robbed a Somali-owned shop in the area of R4 000 in cash as well as cigarettes and airtime on Monday.
But cop sources say even though the attacks were aimed at foreigners, they suspect that it might actually be fights over business territory and not related to xenophobic attacks which have flared up across the Western Cape in the past week.
In a similar incident in Worcester last week, two Somali men died and two others were wounded when their Avian Park tuck shop was attacked.
Police spokesperson Captain Mzikayise Moloi says no arrests have been made.
Meanwhile, De Doorns Police Station Commander Desmond van der Westhuizen says the area that was torn apart by attacks on Zimbabweans last year is relatively quiet.
"We have had no such incidents and we hope it stays that way," he says. - Daily Voice
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