Stills in the video, which were taken ten minutes before the police opened fire on striking miners, shows barbed wire laid out by police after the miners had moved towards a road leading to Nkaneng. The video indicates that the strikers would not have had time to attack the police, as the police testified.
The road to Nkaneng was blocked by a police nyala, forcing the miners to walk toward the Tactical Response Team, who shot at them.
The video was shown at the inquiry investigating the death of 44 people during the Marikana strike. Thirty-four people were shot dead, while 70 were wounded.
According to police testimony, they were attacked by the miners and were forced into using lethal force to protect themselves.
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