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A plainclothes South African Policeman mans a checkpoint during a standoff with looters on the National Highway in Johannesburg on April 18, 2015, as looting of foreign owned shops and xenophobic attacks escalated. South African police detained more than 30 people overnight on April 17 as xenophobic violence simmered around the economic hub Johannesburg, officials said. Anti-foreigner violence that erupted in the country's eastern port city of Durban several weeks ago has so far left at least six people dead, spreading to Johannesburg, displacing thousands and sparking alarm at the United Nations and in neighboring countries. AFP PHOTO / MUJAHID SAFODIEN (Photo credit should read MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images)