Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics
Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.
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.
(250116) -- JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Rescue vehicles are seen at the rescue operation site of an abandoned ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
Hundreds are still trapped at the Stilfontein gold mine, a rights group said. Authorities tried to flush out the miners by ...
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of ...
In South Africa, a government crackdown on an illegal gold mine led to a state siege, causing 78 deaths. Volunteers ...
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng, speaks to journalists outside an abandoned ...
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has slammed government over its handling of the Stilfontein tragedy, ...
A deadly siege on an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, South Africa, has resulted in at least 78 miner deaths, with ...
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