At least nine killed in Zimbabwe gold mine collapseCHEGUTU, Zimbabwe, Oct 1, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - At least nine miners were killed after a shaft in a Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed, an engineer at the site and the miners federation said Saturday. "Four bodies have been recovered so far" and five others are still stuck under rubble, Henrietta Rushwaya, president of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation, told AFP. Mine engineer Hussein Phiri confirmed to AFP that rescuers had located the bodies of the five miners stuck under the rubble. On Friday morning, "immediately after the collapse, 13 people managed to get out of the mine unharmed", the minister said. In February 2019, 24 miners died when an abandoned pit flooded after torrential rains in central Zimbabwe.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 01, 2023 05:42 UTC