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TimesLIVE reports that on Saturday unidentified men stormed into the Gupta-owned Gloria mine in Mpumalanga and attacked security officers on duty.
This happened as efforts continued to bring illegal miners trapped underground for more than two weeks to the surface. The attack happened just a day after more bodies were recovered, bringing the death toll to 18. Police spokesman Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said: "A group of approximately 15 men stormed into the premises, attacking security officers who were on duty and in the process inflicted an injury on one of them by senselessly kicking him in the face, before damaging their reaction vehicle’s windscreen. Police had to be called and on their arrival, the group scattered in different directions. At this stage it is not clear why these men were at the mine but cable theft cannot be ruled out." Those trapped underground were allegedly involved in stripping the mine of copper cables when a gas explosion occurred. The mine, which has been non-operational for several months, forms part of the Optimum Coal assets bought by the Gupta family in 2016. The assets were put into business rescue early in 2018.
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