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Death Toll Jumps To 60 At Illegal S. African Gold Mine

Police said in a statement. Nine bodies had been removed the previous day.

By Channels Television
Updated January 15, 2025
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South African Police Service (SAPS) officers walk near a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue operation to retrieve illegal miners from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Christian Velcich / AFP)

 

The bodies of 60 illegal miners have been removed over two days from a disused gold shaft in South Africa, police said Wednesday.

“On day two of operations, a total of 106 alive illegal miners were retrieved and arrested for illegal mining. Fifty-one were certified dead,” police said in a statement. Nine bodies had been removed the previous day.

 

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