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Recommend Human Rights Group Alleges Murder & Cover-up: South Africa Miners Killed by Police were Trying to Surrender (Email)

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From [HERE] and [HERE] Witnesses say that some of the 34 striking miners who South African police shot and killed last month were trying to surrender.

The Legal Resource Center (LRC) human rights group told Al Jazeera that several witnesses said police shot and killed protesters who were trying to escape. Some of them were trying to hide behind rocks and some attempted to surrender to authorities. The LRC also said it has forensic evidence that suggests a police cover-up of the killings.

On August 16, police opened fire on a crowd of miners engaged in a strike at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana.Video showed a densely packed crowd of miners, some armed with clubs and machetes, approaching heavily armed police, who claimed self-defence in the shooting.The incident was the climax of an escalating stand-off between rival unions that had already killed 10 people, including two police officers.

Video footage showed a large crowd of miners, some armed with clubs and machetes, advancing towards police lines on August 16. Police claimed they shot the miners out of self-defense.

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