RUSTENBURG, South Africa Feb 16 (Reuters) – South
African riot police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and a water
cannon on Thursday at hundreds of striking miners who went on
the rampage at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg plant, the
world’s single biggest platinum mine.
A Reuters reporter said at least 50 police, backed by
armoured vehicles and two helicopters, moved into a shanty town
near the mine after the rioters torched homes and attacked
vehicles.
(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by
Jon Herskovitz)
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