Six killed, eight injured by police in raid on illegal mines

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87 suspects aged between the ages of 25 and 49 were arrested.

ORKNEY - Six illegal miners were killed and eight others injured following a shootout with members of the Special Task Force at a shaft in Orkney in the North West.

Assisted by the Hawks and other crime units in the province, police entered an unidentified shaft where they were met with gunfire.Two minibusses, illegal mining paraphernalia, gold-bearing material, and eleven illegal firearms were seized.

 

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Most of these illegal miners are from Zim and Moz.

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