POLICE arrest a looter at a shopping centre in Vosloorus, near Johannesburg. AFP
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said on Monday it was deploying troops to its two most densely populated provinces after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting.
Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores, carting away anything from boxes of alcohol to beds, refrigerators and bath tubs.
Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed.
Troops will “assist law enforcement agencies deployed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. to quell the unrest that has gripped both provinces in the last few days,” the armed forces said in a statement.
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