Brazilian miner beaten in attack on Puruni camp

The wounded Raimundo Malhaeo at his brother’s mining camp located at Puruni, Region Seven.

A Brazilian miner was on Sunday beaten by gunmen who invaded a mining camp at Puruni, Region Seven in what is believed to be an attempt to scare him and his brother off the land which has been the subject of a dispute for some time now.

Raimundo Malhaeo sustained a small wound to the head and a source close to him said that he was making attempts yesterday to visit the Police