'I'm writing to you not knowing if I'll be alive tomorrow. In South Africa's civil unrest, Indian community is coming under attack'

In a letter to Zee, an Indian origin doctor from Durban shares a woeful tale of the atrocities Indian community is facing in South Africa. The country has been in a state of unrest ever since the arrest of ex-President Jacob Zuma. 

New Delhi: Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. The violence began on July 7 after Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence in a contempt of court case. The riots have so far claimed 72 lives and over 1,200 arrests. Several factories and vital supply routes have been set ablaze in the violence. The protests started with a call to release the 79-year-old former President from the prison, but have now devolved into massive looting and destruction of infrastructure. As per a media report, more than 200 shopping malls had been looted in the country.