South Africa has experienced recurrent outbreaks of violence, often targeting migrants from neighbouring countries.

The mayor of New York expressed outrage at the shooting which the Department of Homeland Security said happened during the arrest of a "criminal illegal alien".

Vitalii Zhykovych gives his own account of the attempted assassination of Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolayev.

"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it," the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.