Report claims 'four shot dead' in South Africa mine shaft

Guards at an abandoned mine shaft in South Africa shot and killed at least four illegal miners, reports revealed today.

Guards at an abandoned mine shaft in South Africa shot and killed at least four illegal miners, reports revealed today.

Police said four bodies had been recovered already and a search was ongoing for others after the incident at the facility owned by relatives of Nelson Mandela and president Jacob Zuma.

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