BBC/AP Indonesia South Africa Police opened fire in the direction of mine workers who are arming themselves with machetes.At least thirty people were killed in the clashes that took place between police officers with mine workers in South Africa, the Central Marikana do strike.
According to eyewitnesses in the events that occurred on a Thursday (16/8/2012) local time that police officers opened fire in the direction of mine workers who brought a number of weapons such as machetes and batons.
Pertiakaian that took place in the area to mine Platinum mines The company managed this sourced on a matter of Lonmin salaries. However, this condition is compounded by the existence of a dispute that also involves two unions in the mining company.
Previous violence in this strike action has resulted in 10 fatalities.
Casualties
Minister of Police Nathi Mthetwa, in an interview on a local radio station confirmed the death toll figures. "The number of victims who were also quite a lot and the number keeps growing," Mthetwa said.
Police officer was accidentally posted it after thousands of workers gathered at the Marikana mine which is located approximately 100 km around from Johanesburg. They are demanding wage increases to more than 1000 US dollars or approximately USD 9.4 million per month.
On this incident according to some reports the Marikana is industrial dispute incident most consuming casualties since apartheid ended in South Africa.
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