Zimbabwe rescuers pull 22 bodies from mine

By Macdonald Dzirutwe and Philemon Bulawayo
Updated February 17 2019 - 6:16am, first published 6:13am
Eight men have been rescued from a flooded Zimbabwean goldmine but at least 22 others are dead.
Eight men have been rescued from a flooded Zimbabwean goldmine but at least 22 others are dead.

Zimbabwean rescuers have pulled the bodies of at least 22 illegal goldminers out of shafts west of Harare that were flooded earlier in the week, and rescued eight more alive, officials and witnesses say.

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