Gold mine workers feared trapped underground after Turkey landslide

Journalists work next to the Copler gold mine near Ilic village, east Turkey, after a landslide hit and apparently trapped at least nine workers underground (IHA/AP)

Nine workers are believed to be trapped underground after a landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, officials said.

The landslide at the Copler mine happened at 2.30pm local time near the town of Ilic in Turkey’s mountainous Erzincan province.