Things heated up in the Central Business District (CBD) and police members were dispatched to calm the situation down.
According to information received, a 20-year- old women was promised a job by a Nigerian in eMalahleni.
She arrived in eMalahleni on Wednesday night, June 21 where she was taken to a house in the CBD to stay over for the night. According to the woman the Nigerians allegedly gave her drugs to use and she refused.
On Thursday morning, June 22 she went to the long distance taxi rank to go back to Nelspruit, whilst waiting there a white Nissan with two Nigerian citizens picked her up, a taxi member suspected something is wrong and followed the vehicle where it stopped in Jellicoe Street.
Some of the taxi owners confronted the Nigerians and the woman was rescued from them, that is when the Nigerians were assaulted at the house and were taken to Witbank Provincial Hospital for medical treatment.
This incident sparked a flame in the CBD and a group of about 30 members went to a Nigerian owned shop called Kasapreko in the triangle building where they damaged and looted the shop.
One Nigerian was assaulted in the shop and he was also taken to Witbank Provincial Hospital for treatment.
The situation is currently tense with the Nigerians citizens mobilising against their attackers but the SAPS are keeping the groups apart .Situation are being monitored.
No criminal cases opened so far.
At this stage motorists are warned to be aware of the CBD area.
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