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60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa

Reuters on MSN · 20m

South African police lower cage into mine to check if anyone left after 78 died

South African police lowered a camera down more than a mile (1.5 km) underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or corpses were still there after a months-long siege by authorities in which at least 78 miners died.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says at least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried to get them out.

The Washington Post · 23h

60 bodies pulled from illegal mine in South Africa; many more trapped

Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by depriving them of food and water.

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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine

By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an ...

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Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa

The authorities had at one point limited the miners’ access to food, water and other supplies in a blockade that drew ...

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At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue

Arguing that the miners had entered the mine without permission, authorities reportedly cracked down by cutting off their ...

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