Digging deep: Villagers trying to evacuate the victims stuck about 20m underground at an unlicensed coal mine, in Muara Enim regency, South Sumatra province. — AFP
A LANDSLIDE sparked by heavy rains has killed 11 miners in Indonesia, authorities said, marking the latest in a string of deadly mining accidents across the South-East Asian archipelago.
The victims were about 20m underground at an unlicensed coal mine near a village in South Sumatra province when the accident happened on Wednesday.
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