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At least 33 illegal mining suspects found dead in Nigerian custody with officials blaming disease
65 detainees were packed into a poorly ventilated cell, suggesting the dead may have suffocated; bodies have been sent to a local hospital for “further medical examination to establish the actual cause of death"
Reported by The Hindu
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