The South African government deployed 25,000 troops Thursday to help handle violent rioting, which erupted in the city in the aftermath of former President Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment, the Associated Press reported.
Thousands of soldiers were already on the streets by Thursday morning aiding law enforcement, the government said, in what is one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule in the country, according to the AP.
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