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Riots in South Africa killed more than 300 people

Riots in South Africa

This number has increased by more than a hundred in six days (from 212 deaths to 337) and by 61 in the last 24 hours.

In South Africa, 337 people became victims of riots and looting that swept the country on July 9. Such data on Thursday, July 22, made public Reuters agency citing the government of the republic.

“The police reported 337 deaths during the riots,” – quoted by the publication of a member of the government Kumbudzo Ntshaveni.

According to Reuters, 276 casualties were reported on July 21.

Recall that riots erupted in South Africa after the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. His sentenced to 15 months in prison for failure to comply with a court decision.

Previously reported 212 casualties riots in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

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