DHAKA: South African police lied about the Marikana shootings last year, in which 34 striking miners were killed, a commission of inquiry has found.

Police falsified or withheld documents, and gave false accounts of events, the commission said, reports the BBC.

The killings at the Lonmin-owned platinum mine in August 2012 shocked the nation.

BDST: 2032 HRS, SEPT 19, 2013
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