STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 14 (Reuters) - One hundred and eighteen illegal miners have been extracted from the Stilfontein mine in South Africa on Monday and Tuesday as part of a rescue operation, of which 36 were certified as dead, police said in a statement on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Nellie Peyton; Writing by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Alexander Winning)
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