South African Miners Escape Underground Hostage Situation

Workers at a South African mine have begun to resurface after being held underground for three days in what police are calling a hostage situation.

Hostage-takers armed with weapons like clubs and mining tools had held more than 500 miners at the Gold One mine, the police said on Wednesday.

The miners were trapped amid a dispute between two trade unions, National Union of Mineworkers and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union

More than 100 employees re-emerged from the mine on Wednesday morning.