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September 23, 2013

Inquiry: South African Police Lied About Marikana Killings 
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A commission of inquiry has found that South African police lied about
last year's killing of 34 striking miners. The victims were shot dead
more than a week after walking off the job at the Marikana platinum mine
in a call for higher pay. Police say they opened fire after workers
tried to attack them with machetes, but the miners have accused the
police of committing a massacre. The shooting marked the worst mass
killing in South Africa since the end of apartheid. A government-backed
inquiry now says South African police have withheld and falsified
evidence after reviewing a police hard drive that was only recently
disclosed.

 

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