China: seven miners killed after skip plummets down mine shaft

Three others injured in incident that took place in Chongqing municipality

Seven miners were killed and three others injured in an accident at a coal mine in south-western China, state media reported.

The accident occurred at around 6pm local time on Saturday after the connecting segment of a mining skip broke, causing it to plummet down the mine shaft, the official Xinhua news agency said.

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