A police report confirms that officers shot dead 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Wednesday.

Dumisa Ntsebenza, for the families of the deceased, said the report showed that the police did not dispute shooting dead the miners, and that the argument was about the circumstances behind the killings.

According to the report, 30 of the miners died on the scene and four died in hospital, Ntsebenza said.

Earlier, national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said it had not been confirmed that police killed the miners.

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