A wife has been killed as husband survives with multiple bruises in the whole body during a mine collapse in Salima district.
The fatal incident happened when the upper cavity of a tunnel collapsed while the family was inside searching for precious stones.
Police Public Relations Officer in the district, Sub Inspector Gift Chitowe says Police in the district have identified the deceased as a 36 year old Elinati Mkaundu of Fuse village T/A Kalonga in the district.
Chitowe says the two got trapped inside of the tunnel which they are suspected to have been extracting Granite stones.
"On 8th January the deceased together with her husband left their home to Sadzu village where they wanted to try their luck in search of precious Granite stones and upon arrival at the site they went straight to the pit and started searching for those stones.
But all over a sudden, the earth of that pit fell on them and the deceased died on the spot while her husband was left with multiple bruises in the whole body." Explains Chitowe
He also indicated that Salima Distict Hospital confirmed that the death was caused by suffocation.
This is not the first time that illegal small scale miners in the same village, Sadzu, have been reported killed while extracting precious stones, a new hot business in the area which is attracting people from Lilongwe, Dowa and Salima districts.
On Christmas day in 2014, three people were killed while two others survived mine collapse as they were extracting Gemstones. Two men aged 24 and 25 and a 2 year old girl were killed in the accident while the mother of the girl and another man were admitted at Salima district hospital for sustained serious injuries.
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