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78 Bodies Pulled From South Africa Gold Mine

The Washington Post on MSN · 12h

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.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 7h

Dozens of Dead Pulled From Illegal South African Gold Mine After Standoff With Authorities

The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.

Hosted on MSN · 17h

South Africa criticized for ‘horrific’ mining crackdown after 78 bodies pulled from underground

The clampdown on illegal mining cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground. At least 78 bodies were pulled from a mining shaft this week, and more are believed to remain underground.

27mon MSN

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 ...

20hon MSN

78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...

18h

Death Toll At Illegal S.African Mine Reaches 78

Rescuers pulled more bodies from a disused gold shaft in South Africa where the death toll climbed to 78 Wednesday as police ...

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