More than 30 dead in Lonmin massacre
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More than 30 miners were shot dead by the police at the Lonmin mine in Marikana in Rustenburg, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.
"Police did everything they could... but people [miners] said they were not leaving and are prepared to fight," he said in an interview with Talk Radio 702.
Mthethwa told the broadcaster that more than 30 people were killed on Thursday afternoon when the police opened fire on armed mine workers who refused to disperse from a hilltop near the North West mine.
The minister said that "many" more were injured
The shootings have sparked outrage, with some commenters likening the incident to the Sharpville Massacre of 1960.
News footage from TV network Al-Jazeera can be viewed below.
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