南非警察向罷工礦工開槍造成至少30死亡
South Africa's police ministry says at least 30 people were killed Thursday, when officers opened fire on striking workers at a platinum mine.
南非警備部說,南非警察星期四向一個鉑金礦的罷工工人開槍,打死至少30人。A ministry official said Friday that police opened fire with automatic weapons at the Lonmin PLC mine, about 120 kilometers northwest of Johannesburg.
南非警備部官員星期五說,警察使用自動武器向隆明公司鉑金礦的工人開槍。這座鉑金礦位於約翰內斯堡西北方大約120公里。Around 3,000 people have walked off the job in the past week over a pay dispute. Lonmin issued a statement earlier Thursday, warning workers they would be dismissed if they did not return to work by Friday. After the clashes, the management issued a statement saying some of the strikers were armed.
這場罷工是薪酬爭端引起的,大約3千名工人蔘加了罷工。隆明公司星期四早些時候發表聲明警告工人說,如果他們不復工,就將被開除。衝突結束後,該礦管理機構發表聲明說,一些罷工工人帶有武器。
Prior to Thursday's deadly clash, 10 people, including two police officers had been killed in violence related to the mine strike.
在星期四的衝突之前,與礦工罷工有關的暴力衝突已經造成十人死亡,其中包括兩名警察。Lonmin is the world's third largest platinum producer.
隆明公司的鉑金出產量位居世界第三。