South African police open fire on striking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine, leaving several bloodied corpses lying on the ground. 

A Reuters cameraman says he saw at least seven bodies after the shooting, which occurred when police laying out barricades of barbed wire were outflanked by some of an estimated 3,000 miners massed on a rocky outcrop near the mine, northwest of Johannesburg.

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    wtf
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    Those miners were armed with machetes, yet they still charged at the cops.
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  27. mypantsareonfire said: or why the police need to be dis-armed.
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    South Africa, your human rights problem is showing again. You might want to get that looked at. I don’t know if I agree...
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    This Is Disgusting.
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