South African authorities say 78 people dead in illegal gold mine after police operation reaches end
Police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country’s deepest mines while working illegally.
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Most of the miners appear to have died from starvation or dehydration after the South African government disrupted food and ...
A total of 78 bodies and 166 survivors - some of them emaciated and disorientated - have been hauled out so far in a ...
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