Six suspected illegal miners found dead in Mpumalanga
The bodies were discovered after a community member noticed them and alerted authorities on Saturday
In Mpumalanga, South Africa, six suspected illegal miners were found dead in the mountainous Mashobote area of Ngodwana. This grim discovery was made on Saturday morning when a concerned community member alerted authorities. Provincial police spokesperson Mavela Masondo shared that initial investigations suggest a shootout between rival illegal mining groups, known colloquially as zama zamas, operating in the region.
The police have officially opened a case of murder, assigning six counts to the incident. As of now, the exact circumstances leading to the miners' demise remain under investigation.
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