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Diabierna 6 augustus 2021

South Africans protest killings in Durban suburb in rioting

Black people they suspected
The riots in July, sparked by of being rioters. A leader of the demonstra-
the imprisonment of for- tion, Marshall Dlamini, a
mer president Jacob Zuma, Earlier this week police con- member of parliament for the
descended into widespread firmed that of the 36 killed Economic Freedom Fighters,
looting of shopping malls and in Phoenix, 30 were shot accused South Africa’s gov-
retail shops across KwaZulu- and others were stabbed and ernment of allowing some
Natal and spread to Gauteng, burned. Police confiscated members of the Indian com-
South Africa’s most populous 264 firearms from individu- munity to inflict racist, vigi-
province. als and security companies in lante violence on Blacks.
the area.
More than 300 people died “They (the government)
in the week-long riots which According to the police, 22 have sent police here to our
were quelled by the deploy- people have been arrested for march, but where were they
ment of 25,000 soldiers. the killings in Phoenix and when our people were being
have been charged with mur- killed?” asked Dlamini.
(AP) — Supporters of KwaZulu-Natal province. During the riots, racial ten- der, attempted murder, and
South Africa’s leftist op- sions flared in Phoenix, a assault. He also accused police
position party, the Eco- More than 1,000 people community predominantly and soldiers of conduct-
nomic Freedom Fighters, marched through Phoenix of South Africans of Indian On Thursday, the demon- ing searches for the looted
on Thursday demonstrat- to hand police a statement descent. Many Phoenix resi- strators against the Phoenix goods in townships where
ed against the killings of demanding justice for the dents patrolled the suburb to killings observed a moment Black people live, but not do-
36 people in Phoenix, a families of those who were prevent its shops and busi- of silence and read aloud the ing so in communities with
suburb of Durban, during killed in that town during the nesses from being looted and names of those who were predominantly Indian and
the recent violent riots in violence. some are accused of shooting killed. mixed-race residents.

British navy group: Hijackers have left vessel off UAE coast

(AP) — The hijackers who No one took responsibility the Iranian gunmen were do- and other grievances. tankers.
captured a vessel off the for the brief seizure, which ing onboard, he says he “can- In 2019, Iran’s Revolution-
United Arab Emirates in underscored mounting ten- not understand the (Irani- “Iran has consistently shown ary Guard detained a British-
the Gulf of Oman left the sions as Iran and the United ans),” his voice muffled, be- that in conducting this kind flagged tanker, the Stena Im-
ship Wednesday, the Brit- States seek a resolution to fore trying to hand over the of operation, it is calculated pero, near the Strait of Hor-
ish navy reported, as radio their standoff over Tehran’s radio to someone else. The in doing so, both by target- muz. Last year, an oil tanker
traffic appeared to reveal tattered 2015 nuclear deal call then cuts off. ing vessels directly connected sought by the U.S. for alleg-
a crew member onboard with world powers. with ongoing disputes and edly circumventing sanctions
saying Iranian gunmen Speaking from Washington, (vessels) operating within the on Iran was hijacked off the
had stormed the asphalt In an apparent response, State Department spokesman ‘grey space’ of legitimacy,” Emirati coast and later ended
tanker. Iranian Foreign Ministry Ned Price said that Ameri- which may be involved in il- up in Iran, though Tehran
spokesman Saeed Khatibza- can officials also “believe that licit trade, Dryad Global said. never acknowledged the in-
The incident — described by deh on Tuesday denied that these personnel were Iranian, The owner of the Asphalt cident.
the British military’s United Iran played any role. He de- but we’re not in a position to Princess, listed as Emirati free
Kingdom Maritime Trade scribed the recent maritime confirm this at this time.” zone-based Glory Interna- And in January, armed Ira-
Operations the night before attacks in the Persian Gulf as tional, could not be reached nian Revolutionary Guard
as a “potential hijack” — re- “completely suspicious.” Possible signs of trouble be- for comment. troops stormed a South Kore-
vived fears of an escalation gan to emerge that evening an tanker and forced the ship
in Mideast waters and ended The rising tensions have when six oil tankers off the The U.S. military’s Mideast- to change course and travel
with as much mystery as it played out in the waters of coast of Fujairah announced based 5th Fleet and the Brit- to Iran. While Iran claimed it
began. the Persian Gulf, where just around the same time via ish Defense Ministry also did detained the ship over pollu-
last week a drone attack on an their Automatic Identifica- not respond to requests for tion concerns, it appeared to
Hints of what unfolded on oil tanker linked to an Israeli tion System trackers that they comment. The Emirati gov- link the seizure to negotia-
the Panama-flagged Asphalt billionaire off the coast of were “not under command,” ernment did not acknowl- tions over billions of dollars
Princess emerged with a Oman killed two crew mem- according to MarineTraffic. edge the incident. in Iranian assets frozen in
maritime radio recording ob- bers. The West blamed Iran com. That typically means a South Korean banks.
tained by commodities pric- for the raid, which marked vessel has lost power and can The Gulf of Oman sits near
ing firm Argus Media and the first known fatal assault no longer steer. the Strait of Hormuz, the Last week’s attack on the
shared with The Associated in the shadow war targeting narrow mouth of the Persian oil tanker Mercer Street off
Press. In the audio, a crew vessels in Mideast waters. Satellite-tracking data had Gulf through which a fifth of Oman, killing two, has drawn
member can be heard telling Iran denied involvement. showed the Asphalt Princess all traded oil passes. Fujairah, criticism from the U.S., the
the Emirati coast guard that Late on Tuesday, the intruders gradually heading toward on the UAE’s eastern coast, is United Kingdom and Israel.
five or six armed Iranians had boarded the Asphalt Princess Iranian waters off the port a main port in the region for Israel has launched a diplo-
boarded the tanker. sailing off the coast of Fujai- of Jask early Wednesday, ac- ships to take on new oil car- matic effort at the United
rah, authorities said. The of- cording to MarineTraffic. go, pick up supplies or trade Nations over the attack.
“Iranian people are onboard ficial news agency of Oman’s com. Hours later, however, it out crew. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary
with ammunition,” the crew military said it received re- stopped and changed course of State Antony Blinken
member says. “We are … ports that the Asphalt Prin- toward Oman, just before the For the past two years, af- spoke with British Foreign
now, drifting. We cannot tell cess had been hijacked and British navy group declared ter then-President Donald Secretary Dominic Raab on
you exact our ETA to (get immediately dispatched Roy- the hijackers had departed Trump withdrew the U.S. Wednesday about the attack.
to) Sohar,” the port in Oman al Air Force maritime patrol and the vessel was “safe.” from Iran’s nuclear deal and Blinken and Raab spoke
listed on the vessel’s tracker aircraft and naval vessels “to imposed crushing sanctions, about “ongoing efforts to
as its destination. It was not contribute to securing inter- In an analysis, maritime in- the waters off Fujairah have forge a coordinated response
clear whether the crew mem- national waters.” telligence firm Dryad Global witnessed a series of explo- to Iran’s attack,” according to
bers, whom he identified as described the seizure of the sions and hijackings. The the State Department. Raab
Indian and Indonesian, were In the recorded radio traffic, Asphalt Princess as the latest U.S. Navy has blamed Iran stressed on Twitter the “need
in danger at the time of the when the Emirati coast guard Iranian response to outside for a series of limpet mine at- for Iran to stop its destabilis-
recording. asks the crew member what pressures, economic conflicts tacks on vessels that damaged ing behavior.”