‘Does he deserve to die?’: Relatives of trapped South African miners condemn police operation

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A rescue operation at South Africa’s Stilfontein mine has come to an end after 248 living miners and 78 bodies were retrieved from underground. A failed police operation aimed at “smoking” illegal miners out of the abandoned gold mine by blocking food and medication from being sent to them has led to reports of cannibalism, starvation and accusations of human rights abuses.

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