ILLEGAL MINER BURIED ALIVE IN KITWE

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ILLEGAL MINER BURIED ALIVE IN KITWE

A 29 year old illegal Miner has died after a slug dump collapsed on him while scavenging for minerals in a Pit.

Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba has identified the victim as Raphael Mwansa of Kitwe’s Kandabwe Compound.

Mr. Mweemba says the accident happened at the Konkola Copper Mine -KCM- slug dump in Kitwe’s Wusakile Township.

He told ZNBC News in a statement in Kitwe that Mwansa and his friend identified as Gift Musonda, 29 illegally entered the KCM dump site but while digging for minerals inside, the walls of the pit curved in.

He said Musonda managed to escape and reported the incident to mine authorities.

The body of the deceased has since been retrieved.

Credit: ZNBC