More than a hundred people died after a landslide at a gold mine in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday. local police said on Sunday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency.
The tragedy happened on Friday afternoon at a gold mine near the town of Kolwezi in Lualaba province. Initial reports put the death toll at a maximum of 70, but the number of bodies found had already reached 101 by Saturday morning. The rescue work continues and the authorities assume that more victims remain underground.
According to a local refugee aid organization some of the victims were internally displaced persons. The DPA agency reports that due to the unstable security situation in the DRC, many people are migrating to the south of the country, where he subsequently finds work in unregulated mines.
Landslides are common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially during periods of heavy rain. In June of this year, more than 200 people died in a similar accident in the east of the country.
