Tragic sight: Police visiting the site of the illegal gold mine where the women died a day earlier in Mandailing Natal, north Sumatra. — AFP
Twelve women working in an illegal gold mine in North Sumatra province were killed when a cliff collapsed and triggered a landslide that buried them, police said.
Unlicensed mines are common across mineral-rich Indonesia, with abandoned sites attracting locals who scrounge for leftover gold ore without using proper safety equipment.
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