article_snippet.sent: Heavily armed police have scrambled to stop clashes after local residents accused immigrants from other African nations of taking their jobs.
article_snippet.sent: South Africa praised law enforcement agencies for stopping further bloodshed in Durban.
article_snippet.sent: We believe that their commitment to duty has prevented injuries and even deaths that could have happened if their security forces had not acted," it said.
article_snippet.sent: We have tents and all essential supplies on standby but pray that sanity prevails and this does not become necessary," this said.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Larry Register contributed to this report.