As our colleague, Lydia Polgreen reports, at least 18 striking miners were shot dead on Thursday by South African police who opened fire as a crowd approached, carrying machetes and sticks at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana.
News camera crews were at the mine covering the labor unrest when the shooting began. A camera crew from eNewsChannel in South Africa captured this video, which shows graphic images of police firing into the crowd.
Graphic images from a platinum mine where South African police opened fire on striking miners, carrying machetes and sticks. Courtesy of eNews Channel Africa
