South African Police Fire on Striking Miners

[police brutality]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/http://www.nytimes.com/images/2012/08/17/world/africa/17southafrica/17southafrica-thumbStandard-v2.jpg (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/africa/south-african-police-fire-on-striking-miners.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss)The police fired on workers engaged in a strike at a platinum mine. The news agency SAPA reported that 18 people had been killed.

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