A witness broke down in tears at the NW High Court relating the incidents that led to the death of his police colleagues

A witness broke down in tears at the North West High Court, when relating the incidents that led to the death of his police colleagues, three days before the 2012 Marikana massacre. Abraham Masinya, who was a video operator for the Public Order Police Unit related to the court, the incidents that led to the hacking of his colleagues Sello Lepaku and Tsietsi Monene. They were hacked with pangas and spears. Three mine workers were also killed in those squabbles that broke out between police and striking Lonmin employees near the mine's Karee Shaft.