Miners found alive were shot again by police, inquiry hears
December 21 2012 at 09:34am
By SAPA
Protesting miners who survived the initial shooting by police at Marikana on August 16 were “searched and then shot again”, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard yesterday.
Advocate Lesego Mmusi, for protesters who were arrested after the shooting, said even the protesters who surrendered were shot by police officers.
This emerged when Mmusi cross-examined public order policing expert Brigadier Zephania Mkhwanazi on crowd control measures the police implemented that day.
“Evidence will be led that after the eight seconds shooting, police approached the protesters who had been shot and were lying on the ground,” he said.
“They searched them one by one, checking if they are dead. Those who were not dead were shot again.”
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