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Marikana: South Africa police 'lied over mine shootings'
Source: BBC
19 September 2013 Last updated at 16:21 GMT
Marikana: South Africa police 'lied over mine shootings'
South African police lied about the Marikana shootings last year, in which 34 striking miners were killed, a commission of inquiry has said.
Police falsified or withheld documents, and gave false accounts of events, it said.
The police shooting of the miners at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine in August 2012 shocked the nation.
The police said they were acting in self-defence, days after two officers had been hacked to death by protesters.
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Marikana: South Africa police 'lied over mine shootings'
South African police lied about the Marikana shootings last year, in which 34 striking miners were killed, a commission of inquiry has said.
Police falsified or withheld documents, and gave false accounts of events, it said.
The police shooting of the miners at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine in August 2012 shocked the nation.
The police said they were acting in self-defence, days after two officers had been hacked to death by protesters.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24164411
