Thursday March 2, 2017By Monique MortlockThe Somali Association of SA says urgent intervention is needed to stop the killing of Somali shopkeepers in Khayelitsha.FILE: Locals help Somali foreign nationals empty their spaza shop after a night of protests and looting. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.CAPE TOWN - The Somali Association of South Africa says urgent intervention is needed to stop the killing of Somali shopkeepers in Khayelitsha.At least 15 Somali nationals have been killed in separate incidents in the township and in the Philippi areas over the past two months.In the latest incident, a shop owner was gunned down in Site C on Monday.The association's Abdi Kader Mohammed says the instances of violence towards foreigners are commonplace in some parts of Cape Town.