Original sentence: 34 miners died during the incident and an additional 78 miners were injured, causing anger and outcry against the police and South African government.The Marikana Massacre, was a mass shooting that occurred when police broke up a gathering by striking Lonmin workers on a 'koppie' (hilltop) near the Nkaneng shack settlement in Marikana on Thursday, 16 August 2012
Edited sentence: As a result of the police shootings, 34 miners died and an additional 78 miners were injured causing anger and outcry against the police and South African government.The Marikana Massacre, as referred to in the media, occurred when police broke up an occupation by striking Lonmin workers of a 'koppie' (hiltop) near Nkaneng shack settlement in Marikana on Thursday, 16 August 2012