South African troops raid hostel as they take on xenophobic violence

April 24, 2015 00:38

The convoy of armored personnel carriers rolled through the empty city streets. The soldiers were heading back to their barracks after a late-night deployment in one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods.

The target: Jeppestown hostel, where just days before armed residents, mostly Zulus, torched cars and looted foreign-owned shops, promising to drive out their immigrant neighbors.

"We've identified a number of hot spots where we'll be running numerous policing operations supported by the South African defense forces," National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega told CNN as operations at the hostel began Tuesday night.

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