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Seven people have died and several remain buried after the collapse of an artisanal gold mine in Penhalonga, Manica district, Central Mozambique, sources report today.
The accident left several wounded, among them miners who were in the mine when the collapse occurred.
“We’re still digging to get other people out of the mine’s tunnels,” an artisanal gold miner told Lusa.
The bodies of the seven deceased were taken to the morgue at Manica District Hospital.
Miners in Mozambique are frequently killed by collapses in mines where artisanal ore extraction takes place in unsafe and unregulated conditions.
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