JOHANNESBURG: The Modikwa platinum mine in South Africa has halted production after six workers en route to the operation were burnt to death in a petrol bomb attack on a bus, a spokeswoman for African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said on Tuesday. The attack took place late on Monday night. JOHANNESBURG, April 3 (Reuters) - Six members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers were killed and several were injured when a bus was firebombed while transporting them to Modikwa, a mine operated by African Rainbow Minerals and Anglo American Platinum, the union said. "Six workers were burned beyond recognition and the other workers had to escape through windows. We also do not know what is the motive of the attack," Phillip Mankge, the NUM's North East Regional Secretary, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Police say a firebombing of a bus in Driekop, South Africa, killed six people.