ISTANBUL: A landslide on Tuesday trapped at least nine workers at a gold mine in eastern Turkiye, officials said, adding that search and rescue efforts were underway.
“At least nine people are trapped,” Erzincan province mayor Bekir Aksun was quoted as saying by the private NTV broadcaster.
Images from the scene showed the landslide sweeping across a valley where the workers were believed to have been based at the time.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed that there was no initial news from nine workers.
The landslide occurred around 2:00 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) near the Ilic district of Erzincan province.
Anagold, a private company that runs the mine, said it was working to minimize the effects of this “painful” incident.
“We will mobilize all our means in order to urgently shed light on this incident,” Anagold said in a statement.
Turkiye is prone to deadly landslides and has suffered a string of mining accidents in recent decades.
A methane blast at a coal mine in northwestern Turkiye killed 42 people in October 2022.
Nine trapped in Turkish gold mine landslide
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Nine trapped in Turkish gold mine landslide
- Images from the scene showed the landslide sweeping across a valley
- Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed that there was no initial news from nine workers
Pro-Palestinian flotilla announces new mission to Gaza
- Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory
TUNIS: A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year will set sail for the besieged territory again next month, one member told AFP on Friday.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said the new mission set for March 29 would be "the largest coordinated humanitarian intervention for Palestine in history" and will mobilise "thousands from over 100 countries".
"We will be sailing from Barcelona, Tunis, Italy and many other ports not yet made public," Brazilian activist Thiago Avila told AFP.
The group said an overland convoy would also leave for Gaza on the same day, without specifying from where.
The campaigners sought to break an Israeli blockade by delivering aid to Gaza by sea last October, before they were intercepted by Israel, detained and deported.
Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory.
The activists describe their actions as a "non-violent response to genocide, siege, mass starvation, and the destruction of civilian life in Gaza".
