South African police are investigating the beating death of a foreign national by a crowd of about 50 people in Durban’s city centre on Thursday. Several outlets describe the incident as happening during or alongside a march, while police say they cannot yet explain the specific demonstration’s purpose.

Multiple reports link the killing to wider anti-migrant tensions in Durban. The South China Morning Post says Durban has been a focus of months of protests against foreign nationals and recalls violence following an anti-migrant march two weeks earlier. Other outlets focus more narrowly on the killing itself, noting only that anti-immigration protests continued in parts of the city.

While all sources agree on the basic facts—time, place, crowd size, and the police investigation—coverage differs in emphasis. Some frame the death explicitly within anti-migrant sentiment and protest activity; others keep the reason for the attack and the march’s context limited to what police have confirmed.