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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Five villagers found alive after more than one week trapped in flooded Laos cave

Five people who were trapped for a week inside a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Seven local villagers became trapped on 20 May after entering an abandoned gold mine in central Laos’s Xaysomboun province. Search efforts to locate the other two are still ongoing.

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