THREE artisanal miners are believed to have died in a gold pit at the Buhemba mining area in Butiama District of Mara Re gion, the police force in Mara Region confirmed on Monday afternoon.
Until yesterday noon, rescuers were
still working to retrieve the dead bodies from the gold pit, according
to the Mara Regional Police Commander (RPC) Assistant Commissioner of
Police (ACP) Jafari Mohamed.
“One dead body has been removed from pit
but two more are still believed to be trapped inside … we’re still
working to get their bodies out,” ACP Mohamed told the ‘Daily News’ over
phone from the scene.
The latest accident occurred on Sunday
night at a gold pit operated by artisanal miners at Magunga village in
Butiama District, he said.
Six of the artisanal miners were injured and rushed to nearby hospital, according to the RPC.
“Three of those injured have been
discharged … the other three are still in hospital in Butiama and their
conditions are improving,” the regional police chief said.
The RPC said he rushed to the scene of
accident along with other members of the regional security personnel
soon after getting news of the accident -- the second incident artisanal
miners are said to have died in less than a month.
This month alone, two artisanal miners
have died in the same area after they were trapped in a gold pit. Many
others were rescued, an indication that the lives of artisanal miners in
the area are at high risk.
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