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Special Report Transcript Episode 19, Section 3, Time 16:59

And suddenly at about this point, 50, 60 yards out, the shooting starts. Instinctively we all duck and we dive for mother earth. We lie there and after an indeterminable time, it seemed like 10, 20 minutes, it turned out to be a one minute, 90 seconds or so. The minute passes, there’s silence; few heads start looking up. Ten seconds go by and then bang, bang, bang! Another 30, 40, 50 seconds of intense fire. It stops. In terms of that period though we hear some … voices and I realize they’re launching grenades at us. Three, four explosions take place. And I think, goodness, they really are insane.

Notes: Ronnie Kasrils relays chain of events to Jann Turner; Video footage of marchers fired at

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