Landslide Kills Over 20 Workers in SW China

More than 20 workers at a phosphorite mine in Mianzhu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, were killed by a landslide this afternoon.

The mine operates in three shifts. Most of the people killed were off-duty workers taking rest in work sheds. The mine is 40 kilometers northeast of Mianzhu.

The cause of the landslide is still unknown.



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