6 Miners Killed, 15 Trapped Underground in Collapse of Gold Mine in Zimbabwe, State Media Reports

6 Miners Killed, 15 Trapped Underground in Collapse of Gold Mine in Zimbabwe, State Media Reports
An ambulance is parked in Zimbabwe on April 16, 2020. Zinyange Auntony /AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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HARARE, Zimbabwe—Six people have died in the collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, and 15 others are still trapped underground, according to state media reports.

State-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation quoted deputy mines minister Polite Kambamura as saying 34 miners had been caught in Friday’s collapse. Thirteen managed to escape.