Special Report Transcript Episode 17, Section 2, Time 08:14

The Kannemeyer Commission found that the evidence of the police about the number of weapons carried by the crowd was exaggerated. No petrol bombs were thrown at the police and that there was no rain of stones as they had claimed. The Commission also found that the police were not properly equipped for riot control, that they only had lethal ammunition namely R1 rifles and SSG shot for shotguns. Fouche, who gave the order to fire knew that such an order would lead to fatalities. However the Kannemeyer Commission found that he could not be criticized for his decision to give the order and that no individual could be held responsible for the slaughter.

Notes: Kannemeyer commission; Fouche

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