Protesters in the Gauteng province in South Africa set fire to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
As the local media reported, in the city of Jermiston, between residents of municipal housing, who were evicted for non -payment of rent, and the security forces occurred. stones. For the dispersal of protesters, the security forces used rubber bullets, the protesters set fire to the municipal building and the two -story building of the Ministry of the Interior with it.
the representative of the Emergency Situations Office and the consequences of the natural disasters of the Ekurhulem Ntladi district, which, as a result of the fire that seriously lost the building that suffered that suffered no.
Minister of Internal Affairs of South Africa Leon Schraiber reported on social networks that a criminal case would be instituted against the arsonists.
“is nothing more than an attack on our social infrastructure, and we cannot leave it like that,” he said. Jacques emphasized that the authorities will not refuse the eviction of tenants who “illegally occupy” municipal housing.
the regional police department announced the detention of two people in connection with the incident.