Thousands of Zambians have stormed branches of Shoprite and Pick n Pay stores, a South African owned chain store over the recent Xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa.
Social media was set ablaze after videos of the recent looting, burning and destruction of foreigners owned properties, cars, businesses and homes of foreigners especially Nigerian in South Africa surfaced online.
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These violent lootings and killings have deeply incited Zambians to retaliate against South African businesses in Lusaka Zambia .
Videos of South African supermarket chains being targeted in alleged looting in the capital of Zambia, Lusaka, have gone viral on social media.
While the authenticity of the footage has not been confirmed, Shoprite Holdings said on Wednesday that several of its stores in Nigeria and Zambia had been closed with extensive damage done to numerous supermarkets over the past 24 hours.
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The shops were attacked presumably in retaliation to days of xenophobic riots in South Africa that have targeted foreign-owned businesses
It may merely have been an excuse to also engage in some looting.
Watch the video below :
Xenophobia: Protest erupts in Lusaka , angry Zambians target South African businesses pic.twitter.com/MJnR3kHp95
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