Death toll rises to 87 as stand-off between South African police and miners ends
Authorities now believe that nearly 2,000 miners had been underground working illegally at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine southwest of Johannesburg.
Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday as they wound down a rescue operation that has pulled more than 240 survivors out from deep underground.
Rescuers and volunteers pull more bodies of dead workers from abandoned gold mine in South Africa
Rescuers continued retrieving bodies Wednesday from an abandoned South African gold mine with hundreds more still believed to be underground, many of them dead and others too weak to come out on their own.
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
Residents desperately waiting for news of family members gathered at the mine, some holding placards criticizing authorities for their response.
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.
South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
The closed Buffelsfontein Gold Mine was the scene of a standoff in November when police tried to force the miners out by cutting off their supplies.
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