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Fri 03 Mar 2009Inquiry into alleged mass murder in diamond fields
ALLEGATIONS THAT government soldiers in Zimbabwe killed hundreds of illegal miners at a diamond field in the east of the country are being investigated by an international team, according to state media yesterday.
The group from the United Nation’s Kimberly Process (KP) arrived in Harare last Monday to begin its investigation, which has been sparked by widespread local rumours around the diamond fields of Chiazdzwa.
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