Seven miners were killed and five were unaccounted for following a landslide that occurred at a traditional gold mining site in Baya Biru, Paniai regency, Papua, on Tuesday at around 11 p.m. local time. Two other miners survived the incident.
“The incident took place in the middle of the night when it was raining heavily, and the landslide buried the gold miners’ tents. The scene of the incident is located in rough terrain and can only be reached on foot,” Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian said in Jayapura on Thursday.
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