The Actualite portal writes about this.
It is specified that no one was injured in the incident. There were 20 people on board. The purpose of the visit of the head of the department was to inspect the rescue work at the cobalt mine, where a large landslide had previously occurred.
On November 16, a large-scale collapse of a copper mine that was operating illegally occurred in the south of the DRC, killing 32 prospectors. Two versions of what happened have been put forward. Authorities cite landslides after heavy rains as the cause of the emergency; however, it was preceded by a conflict between armed guards and prospectors, which ended in gunfire. During it, a makeshift bridge collapsed, which caused the collapse of the earth. lenta.ru.
