A POLICE witness yesterday admitted that a decision to move into tactical phase of their operation during a wage unrest at Marikana – which left 34 dead – was made without any imminent threat at the time.

It also appeared that North West police commissioner Lieutenant-General Zukiswa Mbombo took this decision to move to phase three of the operation plan based on the fact that miners refused to lay down their weapons, rather than being based on any threat.

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