Two killed in Liberia gold mine collapse
Two people died when an informal gold mine in western Liberia collapsed early Tuesday, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
The collapse occurred at a mining center in Grand Cape Mount County, Deputy Minister of Mines Emmanuel Swen and other government officials said. “Fourteen people, ages 20 to 28, visited a mine overnight to illegally dig gravel believed to contain gold.
Four of them were trapped, leaving two dead and two injured,” said Archievego Doe , a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency.
Edwin Koha, the mayor of the county administrative center, previously told Reuters that around 50 people were missing after the incident. He told state radio that 60 people had been killed.
