WORLDMay 30 · 09:53 UTCAP NEWS

Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing

Rescuers in Laos have freed four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, with two still missing. The operation involved international teams from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, and others, as the villagers had entered the cave to search for minerals before being blocked by flash flooding.

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