Massacre in South Africa Police Shoot & Kill 34 Miners
Massacre in South Africa
Police Shoot 34 Striking Miners
Zuma Vows Probe Into Mine Shooting
South Africa's president has announced an official inquiry into the shooting dead of 34 mine workers by police officers.
Having cut short an official trip to Mozambique to visit the scene of the killings at the Marikana mine, President Jacob Zuma told a news conference he was "saddened and dismayed" by what happened on Thursday.
He said the whole country was mourning and promised a full investigation into the incident, for which the mine workers and police have blamed each other.
Mr Zuma said: "We have to uncover the truth about what happened here. In this regard, I've decided to institute a commission of inquiry.
"The inquiry will enable us to get to the real cause of the incident and to derive the necessary lessons too. This is a shocking thing." South Africa Viz map The mine is around 60 mines from Johannesburg
Tweeting from the news conference, Sky's special correspondent, Alex Crawford, said: "Zuma offers 'sincere condolences to those who've lost loved ones.... Our thoughts are also with the police, he says"
Another tweet said: "Zuma; This is not an occasion for finger pointing and recriminations....Today challenges us to restore calm."
The president's comments came after South Africa's police chief said the officers who killed the striking miners were acting in self defense.
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Incident Draws International Media Coverage
UK News Zuma: S Africa 'Dismayed' By Mine Shooting
NDTV South African government orders inquiry on mine violence that killed 34 miners
Irish Times Inquiry into South Africa shootings
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PROVOCATION NOTWITHSTANDING, the death toll at South Africa’s Marikana mine was the result of an outrageous, disproportionate overreaction by the police for which both it and the government must be brought to account.
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