South Africa police: Officers let ringleader in illegal gold mine disaster escape
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 survivors were rescued and 78 bodies were retrieved las...
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South African police say ringleader in illegal gold mining disaster allowed to escape by officers
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Why the gold boom is causing a surge in illegal mining
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Rescuers pull survivors and bodies from abandoned South Africa gold mine
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The prospectors were trapped underground for months as police, on orders from South Africa’s government, attempted to starve them out.The Wall Street Journal - 4d -
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff
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78 corpses pulled from besieged gold mine after 'horrific' crackdown in South Africa
At least 78 illegal miners have been pulled out dead from a South African mine where police blocked food and water supplies for months in what trade unions described as a “horrific” state crackdown ...NBC News - 5d -
Rescuers pull more bodies from South Africa gold mine
Hundreds of people have reportedly been underground since a crackdown on illegal mining began last year.BBC News - 5d
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