RAYMOND PIETER SIMS
Mr Chairman, as I said earlier on, at some stage, I think it is just before the got the keys from Colonel Vuso, when they went over to the armoury to go and get the arms, the reason for arming themselves was that they said that the South African Police Service's Riot Unit was mobilising in King and that they were going to try and free the hostages and that the Ciskei, the then Ciskei Policemen at the hall were arming themselves and that they would defend themselves.