Air strikes kill at least 72 gold miners on Sudan-Egypt border
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Sudanese rights group says Egyptian jets struck a disputed mining site on Saturday, killing 72 workers and injuring more than 50.
A Sudan-based rights group, Emergency Lawyers, reported that air strikes on Saturday killed at least 72 artisanal gold miners at Jabal al-Uqaydat in the disputed Halayeb triangle on the Sudan-Egypt border, with more than 50 others injured. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The group accused the Egyptian air force of the attack, the second this year in the same area, and said the strikes may constitute war crimes. Egypt has not commented but previously admitted a large-scale operation against illegal mining. [1] [4] [5]
Survivors told AFP that thousands were working at the remote site when jets fired at least five missiles, scattering workers and leaving many feared trapped under rubble. [1] [4] [5]
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- Air strikes kill dozens of gold miners on Sudan-Egypt border
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- 苏丹北部矿区遇袭 已致72人死亡
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- Airstrikes kill dozens of gold miners on Egypt-Sudan border, rights group says
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