News Summary: Miner’s shares dive after violence

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DEADLY FORCE: Shares of platinum miner Lonmin PLC fell as much as 8 percent Friday after it was revealed that South African police officers killed more than 30 striking miners at a company mine.

NOT SINCE APARTHEID: Police said 34 miners died and 78 others were wounded when police opened fire on strikers in one of the worst police shootings in South Africa since apartheid ended in 1994.

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