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MARIKANA, SA - After a three minute shooting spree between the South-African police force and miners, 18 lay dead and wounded.
The incident which took place at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana,
South Africaon Thursday started when miners began a protest to increase
their wages from £400 to £800.
According
to reports, there was a brief stand off between a group of miners and
the local police force during which tear gas was used. The miners fired
what seemed like shots and the police fired back continuosly for about
three muinutes. When the dust finally settled over the area, more than a
dozen men lay dead.
Local eye-witnesses report that an uneasy calm has returned to the troubled mine.
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