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Associated Press · 38m

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.

CNN on MSN · 23h

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.

The Guardian · 12h

‘I can’t lose hope’: families await news of trapped miners in South Africa

Police operation to stamp out illegal mining by blocking food supplies has turned to tragedy as relatives wait for loved ones to be rescued

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S.Africa Rescuers Say Clearance Of Clandestine Miners Now Over

Rescuers racing to clear a disused South African gold shaft of illegal miners said Thursday a final sweep appeared to show ...

8h

Rescuers seek last bodies in South Africa mine where 78 died in police siege

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - South African rescuers were making final efforts on Thursday to ascertain whether ...

1don MSN

Rescuers bring out survivors and dead from a South African mine as hundreds remain deep underground

Authorities launched an operation in November to force the illegally operating miners out by cutting off food and water from ...

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