A South African police officer has told an inquiry that a colleague shot a miner as he lay on the ground during protests last year at the Marikana platinum mine in which 34 people were killed. It’s the first time a police officer’s evidence has backed claims that police shot, wounded, handcuffed and surrendering miners. From Johannesburg, here is Andrew Harding.
In a written statement, South African police officer Henric Milberg said he heard a gunshot and turned around to see another officer putting his pistol back in his holster. The officer was standing over the body of a miner who had been alive moments earlier. The officer then told Mr. Milberg that they deserved to die. This allegedly happened in the moments after police had opened fire on a crowd of striking workers at the Marikana mine last August. Thirty four people were killed that day.
The Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai has attended school for the first time since she was shot in the head last year by the Taliban for promoting girl education. She went to classes in the English city of Birmingham where she’s been receiving treatment for her injuries. Sangita Myska reports from the city.
The 15-year-old education campaigner has made a remarkable recovery here in Birmingham where her head has been fitted with a metal plate and cochlear implant. She is now well enough to attend the private girl school full time. The fees have been paid for by the Pakistani government. She said she’s thankful for the help she’s received from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city and says putting on a school uniform is a sign that her life is getting back to normal.