Brazil miner shot dead for gold

About 2200h. on December 30, 2015, a Brazilian miner, so far only identified as ‘Brian’, was working on a mining operation at Puruni Backdam when he was held up by a man armed with a firearm who fatally shot him to the neck and took away a quantity of raw gold, the police said today.

The suspect has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.