Tragedy: Fourteen dead after illegal gold mine collapses in DR Congo
No fewer than fourteen people were killed on Wednesday when an illegal gold mine collapsed in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said, giving a provisional toll.
“Fourteen dead, three hospitalized with serious injuries. Search continuing,” Steve Mbikayi, the minister of national solidarity and humanitarian action, said in a tweet.
The accident happened at Kampene, 180 kilometres (110 miles) south of town of Kindu.
Also, Civil society campaigner Justin Kyanga Asumani said the accident happened at about 14:00 local time (13:00 GMT) at the illegal mine in the province of Maniema.
“Dozens of people, including children and pregnant women” were working on the site when the mine collapsed”, he said.
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