Search efforts for the trapped victims of a deadly landslide have intensified, with more rescuers deployed to search an unauthorized gold mine on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island that saw 23 deaths over the weekend.
In this photo released by the Indonesia n National Search and Rescue Agency , rescuers prepare to head out to the site of a landslide that killed a number of people, in Suwawa on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia , Monday, July 8, 2024. The landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia ’s Sulawesi island, killing a number of miners, officials said Monday.
More than 1,000 personnel, including army troops, were deployed to increase the strength of search efforts, said Edy Prakoso, the National Search and Rescue Agency’s operation director. Environmental activists have campaigned for years to shut down such operation across the country, especially on Sulawesi, where the practice has grown in recent years. Sunday’s landslide reignited their outcries.
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