Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine ...
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87 miners dead in South Africa standoff amid Police tactics outrage
Volunteers from the community who are familiar with the mine have been in the cage as it is dropped deep underground.
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police tactics
Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners were working illegally in the mine near the town of Stilfontein, southwest of Johannesburg, since August last year.
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 ...
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Mine rescue operation ends abruptly with all bodies and survivors out
South African police said Wednesday they have ended a rescue operation and believe they have brought out all the survivors ...
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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled from illegal mine
A total of 246 survivors were rescued in a court-ordered operation but were immediately arrested for illegal mining.
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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, ...
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78 dead at illegal mine in South Africa
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...