Angry residents went on the rampage and broke into shops owned by foreign nationals shortly after the news of Themi Might’s killing on Sunday.

About 20 businessmen, mostly from Bangladesh, were sent packing. According to eyewitnesses Might was not armed and he was not a threat to the police.

“He only wanted to explain something to the businessman while he was being chased by the police,” a witness said. It took the community about three hours to chase the foreigners out of their shops, saying they caused Might’s murder.

The story started on Saturday evening when a foreign businessman laid a charge of theft of a cellphone at Windsorton police station.

“Because Thembi is known as one of the notorious guys around he was fingered as a suspect,” a resident said.

“The police looked for him the whole of Saturday and he was only arrested on Sunday morning,” another source said.

“When he was taken to the police station for further questioning he escaped and went straight to the accuser to state his case. This is when the police came and shot him twice.”

The community reacted angrily to the incident and broke into about seven tuckshops belonging to foreigners.

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