21 black pupils arrested for a "Kristalnacht-type' attacking workers, destroying and looting a Woolworths chain store, stealing goods worth R200,000 while 'demonstrating against Israel' and 'objecting to retailers selling goods from Israsel' at the Sammy Marks Shopping Centre, Pretoria central business district --
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Sammy Marks was an important Jewish businessman and gold-mine developer during the 50 years of independence in the Transvaal Boer Republic (ZAR) up to 1902.
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Kristallnacht - the nazis official destruction of Jewish businesses throughout Germany before the outbreak of Worldwar Two - referring to the many windows (kristall) which were smashed while Jewish businesses were looted and Jewish residents of all the towns in Germany were attacked and brutalized.
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17 March 2015 - twenty-one high school pupils from Mamelodi were arrested on Tuesday afternoon for "theft and malicious damage to property in the Pretoria city centre, the South African police has confirmed.
Police Sergeant Anne Poortman said the pupils looted a Woolworths chain store at Sammy Marks in the city "during an anti-Israeli demonstration."
“According to a pupil, they are all anti-Israeli activists and they are against the retailer selling Israeli products, ” she said.
Poortman said the arrested pupils were all between the ages of 16 and 18. “They will be released into the care of their parents pending a court date.”
Damage to the building and theft amounted to an estimated R200 000. It's not reported whether the looted foods were confiscated by the police.
They said that 'no shots were fired and there were no reported injuries."
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