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A 29 years old man of Kitwe’s Kandabwe area has died in a 5 meters pit at Konkola Copper Mine slug dump after the walls collapsed on him.
Raphael Mwansa, 29 in the company of his friend, Gift Musonda, aged 29, also from Kandabwe Compound, illegally entered the slug dump at Nkana Mine Plant, South Ore Body (S.O.B.) in Wusakile Township, in Kitwe and engaged in illegal mining activities inside the pit.
It was then that the walls collapsed on the victim, while Gift Musonda managed to escape and reported the incident to mine authorities.
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KCM through Humphrey Shakalyata, a mine police officer in charge of investigations at KCM, retrieved the dead body using mining equipment and managed to bring it to the surface.
Copperbelt commanding officer Peacewell Mweemba confirmed the incidence and that the body of the deceased was deposited to kitwe teaching hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem and burial.
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Source: PRIME TV