Landslide kills seven at W Sumatra gold mine | Daily Express Online - Sabah's Leading News Portal

Published on: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
By: AFP
Rescuers retrieving bodies after a landslide at a gold mine in south Solok, West Sumatra.
JAKARTA: At least seven people were killed and one reported missing after a landslide at an Indonesian gold mine, authorities said Tuesday.
Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Monday, inundating the mine with mud mixed with stones and debris in South Solok regency, West Sumatra, said the local emergency department head Fikri, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
In a statement, the department said “at least seven killed and one is missing”.
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Rescuers managed to save nine survivors from the mud and were combing the area to find the missing miner, Fikri said.

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