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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Fifteen bodies have been pulled from a diamond mine that collapsed in central Congo last week and further rescue efforts have been abandoned, officials said Sunday.
Three people were rescued soon after the mine in the town of Tshikapa caved in Friday, said Mayor Mwamba Mutombo. He said they did not know if others were in the mine when it fell in but said hope of rescue had been abandoned after two days.
Mutombo said the group appeared to have been teenagers who hoped that recent rains had uncovered diamonds in the community mine.
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