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NBC New York · 45m

Death toll climbs to 87 as standoff between police, miners ends in South Africa

Police say the death toll in a standoff with miners trapped while working illegally at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87.

The Associated Press on MSN · 16h

South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors

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

Wall Street Journal · 15h

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.

8h

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 ...

1don MSN

Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine

South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

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