Air strikes kill at least 72 gold miners on Sudan-Egypt border
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Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers says Egyptian jets struck a remote mine in the disputed Halayeb triangle on Saturday, killing at least 72 miners.
At least 72 artisanal gold miners were killed and dozens more injured when air strikes hit a remote site in the disputed Halayeb triangle on the Sudan-Egypt border on Saturday, according to the Sudan-based Emergency Lawyers group. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The group accused the Egyptian air force of carrying out the attack, the second this year in the same area, and said the strikes may constitute war crimes. Egypt has not commented. [1] [4] [5] [6]
Survivors told AFP that thousands of people were working at the site and that the death toll is expected to rise because of the severity of injuries and the lack of medical access. [1] [4] [5]
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