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One killed, two injured in gold mine accident
Gold miners at Lujinji Mining Site in Mubende District recently. PHOTO BY GODFREY MAYENGO.
What you need to know:
The accident comes as residents scramble to unearth the mineral.
One person has died and two others sustained injuries in an accident at a gold mine in Mubende District.
The two have been admitted to Kasanda Hospital in critical condition.
The victims were buried alive while extracting gold.
Eyewitnesses told this newspaper that Tom Nzizini, the chairperson of Kamusenene Village in Kikandwa Sub-county, died after the ground caved in on him as he mined gold.
The officer in-charge of Kasanda Police Station, Ms Patience Baganzi, said the incident occurred in Lugongwe Village in Kitumbi Sub-county.
Rescue
The police teamed up with locals and rescued two people who were also buried in the mine.
The incident occurred barely a week after this newspaper published a story on how residents of Mubende District are scampering for the gold mining business.
