Last five bodies recovered after landslide at mine in Indonesia's Papua | International

JAKARTA, Oct 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Rescuers have recovered the bodies of five workers, including two foreigners, who were missing for nearly a month after a landslide trapped seven of them at a mine in Indonesia's Papua region, operator Freeport Indonesia said on Monday. The bodies of the other two missing workers were recovered in September. The landslide occurred on September 8 when material from an extraction point flowed at one of five sections of the Grasberg Block Cave underground gold and copper mine in Tembagapura, Central Papua province. The workers were trapped after the flow closed access and limited evacuation routes, the company said. Two workers were found dead on September 20, nearly two weeks after the landslide. The...