Photo gallery: S. Africa prosecutors charge 270 miners with murder
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A group of men carry on Aug 31, 2012 the body of Mpuzeni Ngxande, one of the 34 striking miners that were killed by police on August 16, in front of the rocky outcrop where the men were shot, an informal settlement near the Lonmin mine in Marikana, North-West Province. South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos broadcast around the world. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Striking Lonmin mineworkers sing and dance, in front of the mine building, on Aug 31, 2012, in Marikana, North-west province, South Africa. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A picture taken on Aug 27, 2012 shows police escorting mineworkers to the Ga-Rankuwa court. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Striking Lonmin mine workers form a group to sing and dance after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Striking Lonmin mine workers walk in front of a mine building after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Striking Lonmin mine workers form a group to sing and dance after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
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An unidentified mine worker sings and dances during a gathering at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Supporters of arrested, striking platinum mine workers demonstrate outside the court in Ga Rankuwa, near Pretoria on Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Striking Lonmin mine workers living in shacks with no electricity sit outside on Aug 28, 2012 in Marikana, with some of the Lonmin electrical distribution system behind them. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Striking Lonmin miners attend a meeting in an open field on Aug 28, 2012 in Marikana to hear how successful their wage negotiations have been, while in the backround police in armoured vehicles keep watch on the situation. -- PHOTO: AFP
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People gather on a hill in Marikana on Aug 23, 2012 after attending a memorial service for the 44 individuals killed in a wildcat strike at Lonmin's Marikana mine. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Police keep watch as striking miners gather outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100km north-west of Johannesburg on Aug 15, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A group of men carry on Aug 31, 2012 the body of Mpuzeni Ngxande, one of the 34 striking miners that were killed by police on August 16, in front of the rocky outcrop where the men were shot, an informal settlement near the Lonmin mine in Marikana, North-West Province. South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos broadcast around the world. -- PHOTO: AFP
Striking Lonmin mineworkers sing and dance, in front of the mine building, on Aug 31, 2012, in Marikana, North-west province, South Africa. -- PHOTO: AFP
A picture taken on Aug 27, 2012 shows police escorting mineworkers to the Ga-Rankuwa court. -- PHOTO: AFP
Striking Lonmin mine workers form a group to sing and dance after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
Striking Lonmin mine workers walk in front of a mine building after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
Striking Lonmin mine workers form a group to sing and dance after listening to a report about the state of their wage negotiations on Aug 29, 2012 in Marikana. -- PHOTO: AFP
An unidentified mine worker sings and dances during a gathering at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Supporters of arrested, striking platinum mine workers demonstrate outside the court in Ga Rankuwa, near Pretoria on Aug 29, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Striking Lonmin mine workers living in shacks with no electricity sit outside on Aug 28, 2012 in Marikana, with some of the Lonmin electrical distribution system behind them. -- PHOTO: AFP
Striking Lonmin miners attend a meeting in an open field on Aug 28, 2012 in Marikana to hear how successful their wage negotiations have been, while in the backround police in armoured vehicles keep watch on the situation. -- PHOTO: AFP
People gather on a hill in Marikana on Aug 23, 2012 after attending a memorial service for the 44 individuals killed in a wildcat strike at Lonmin's Marikana mine. -- PHOTO: AFP
Police keep watch as striking miners gather outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100km north-west of Johannesburg on Aug 15, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
JOHANNESBURG (REUTERS) - South African prosecutors on Thursday charged 270 striking miners with murder of 34 co-workers seen being shot dead in a hail of police bullets captured in videos broadcast around the world.
