‘It was a miracle that I lived’ -miner says after fatal North West ambush

Jose Francisco De Sousa Lema

Julian Cummings, who was wounded in the fatal attack in the North West that left his son-in-law dead on Tuesday, says his survival is a miracle and is calling for miners to be granted gun licences so that they can protect themselves.

“This thing was a picture story. It was a miracle that I lived. I didn’t expect this,” Cummings, who will be 66