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Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

South Africa police find 26 naked Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers

View of Johannesburg
View of Johannesburg. There are about 2.4 million foreign-born people in South Africa out of the 62 million population, according to the 2022 census. Photograph: Ute Grabowsky/Photothek/Getty

South African police have rescued 26 Ethiopians from a suspected human trafficking ring in Johannesburg after the group broke a window and burglar bar to escape from a house where they were being held naked.

Three people were arrested on suspicion of people trafficking and possessing an illegal firearm on Thursday night after neighbours in the Sandringham suburb heard the commotion and tipped off the police, the Hawks serious crime unit said in a statement. Police urged the public to report any other escaped naked people in the area.

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