Story highlights Demonstrators say foreigners are stealing their jobs

Protests are the latest in uptick in xenophobic violence

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) On a street corner in Pretoria, South Africans gather just meters from the immigrants they're marching against.

The Somali traders form a protective line, some armed with sticks and rocks.

Riot police wedge themselves and their armored carriers between the two sides. A police helicopter hovers directly above, scattering dust and trash.

Police forces shot rubber bullets at crowds during a march. Local South African residents have been attacking foreign-owned shops in the city this week, looting goods.

"Get out of our country," a woman cries pointing at the immigrants and taking a few steps forward. A trader yells back an insult.

A police flash bang goes off, then another. And the police charge down the road shooting rubber bullets. Not at the protesters, but at the Somalis, who scatter through their neighborhood, ducking into houses and behind walls.

A South African holds a sign calling for foreign residents to leave the city during a march in Pretoria.

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