North West - A crime scene expert has pointed out to the Farlam Commission where bullet casings, stun grenades and rubber bullets were found at the scene of a shooting at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana.
A large crowd followed retired judge Ian Farlam and his team as they inspected the area on Monday.
According to the expert, a number of R5 rifle and pistol cartridges were found in areas surrounding the koppie, where police were believed to have been standing at the time of the shooting.
In another area, pistol cartridges and rubber bullets were discovered.
This was part of the inspection in loco by the Marikana Commission of Inquiry.
The expert, whose name could not be immediately established, also pointed out where bodies were found.
He showed commissioners a place where seven bodies were found, and said another five were found next to a kraal.
Farlam asked the expert to show the commission where the barbed wire was situated.
The commission was taken a few hundred metres to where a single body was found. The expert said the body, number 16, was found “in the road”.
Stun grenades, and cartridges of various calibres were also found next to the body, he said.
Three shotgun cartridges were found in another area. - Sapa