Somali man in hospital after tuck shop set alight in KZN

Police stand near a barricade during an operation in the center of Brussels on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015. Western leaders stepped up the rhetoric against the Islamic State group on Sunday as residents of the Belgian capital awoke to largely empty streets and the city entered its second day under the highest threat level. With a menace of Paris-style attacks against Brussels and a missing suspect in the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in France last spotted crossing into Belgium, the city kept subways and underground trams closed for a second day. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

A Somali national is recovering in hospital after he was attacked in Newlands, Durban in the early hours of Friday.

KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said officers were investigating charges of attempted murder and malicious damage to property.

“It is alleged that today [Friday], just after midnight [in] Newlands West, a tuckshop container was set alight by unknown suspects.”

Mbele said the community came to the man’s aid and put out the fire.

“The victim sustained slight burns on his right leg. Investigations are continuing.”