South African police discovered 90 Ethiopians packed into locked rooms in inhuman conditions at the weekend, a spokesman said Monday and arrested two suspects on allegations of kidnapping and human trafficking. Officers “rescued 90 undocumented Ethiopian nationals who were allegedly being kept against their will and under inhuman conditions,” a statement said. They were “found locked up, confined and packed into rooms”. Last September, around 102 undocumented foreign nationals, most of them Ethiopians and some as young as 10 years old, were found in a house in the east of Johannesburg. According to then home affairs minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, they were brought to South Africa to operate general stores around the country.
