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Eight Killed at Guyana Diamond Mining Site
By B. Earth | June 27, 2008
Reuters and Rapaport are reporting that unknown assailants shot as many as eight people at a remote diamond mining camp in Guyana, burning the bodies afterwards. Criminal gangs operating in the area are known for other similar attacks. They sometimes take refuge in the mineral-rich eastern jungles popular with small scale miners seeking gold and diamonds.
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