SA Police Accused of Lying in Shootings of Miners

South African investigators have concluded that the police are lying about the events from last year which led to the shooting deaths of 34 miners who were on strike in Marikana.

The Marikana Commission of Inquiry says that the police version of what happened on that day is not completely accurate. 

The Voice of America is reporting that the commission’s spokesperson says that some of the information presented to the commission by police may have been modified or tempered with.

“At this stage this information still needs to be tested,” said Tshepo Mahlangu, spokesman for the commission. “The police needs to be given an opportunity to look at the information themselves and appear before the commission, and explain certain (details) which we find very contradictory.”

The unarmed striking miners were shot on August 16, 2012 in what has been called a massacre.