S Africa Police-Miners Standoff Ends, Toll at 87

The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said on Thursday as they wound down a rescue operation that has pulled more than 240 survivors out from deep underground.

- Associated Press

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National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said that 78 bodies were retrieved from the mine in an official rescue operation that began on Monday, while another nine had been recovered previously. She did not give details on how those other bodies were retrieved.