General
Landslide buries 15 people, including three children, from PNG gold mine camp
Fifteen people, including three children, are feared dead after being buried alive in a landslide in a remote part of Papua New Guinea’s Central Province.
Key points:
- Details only emerged on Tuesday due to the remoteness of the area
- A Government officer says only two bodies have been recovered so far
- The rain has hampered recovery efforts and additional tools are needed
The area in the Goilala District, known as Saki, is home to an informal alluvial mining camp, where people dig and pan for gold to make a living.
A group were sleeping at the base of the mountainside when the landslide happened in the early hours of Monday morning, local time.
Details of the incident only emerged on Tuesday, as the area is only accessibly by helicopter or a…
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