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South Africa Police Claim Self-Defense in Mine Shootings

South African police say 34 people were killed in a shootout between police and angry miners at a troubled platinum mine. But police, unions and the presidency have stopped short of saying who is at fault.

South Africa's police commissioner on Friday visited the scene of a deadly shootout between police and strikers at the Lonmin platinum mine in the nation's northwest.

A confrontration Thursday between striking miners and police turned into a gunbattle.

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