A 30-YEAR-OLD illegal miner has died after a rockfall while conducting mining at Mukula Mine in Lufwanyama District. Outgoing Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba has identified the deceased as Besodiah Zimba from Mukutuma Chiefdom in Lufwanyama. He explained that while in the company of other illegal miners, the deceased was extracting earth in search of minerals when the accident occurred. “Lufwanyama Police Station [recorded a case of] sudden and unnatural death. [The case] occurred on May 26, 2024 around 07:00 hours at Mukula Mine in Mukutuma area of Lufwanyama, but reported on May 28, 2024 at 13:00 hours, in which M/ Kelly Habasimbi aged 42 of House No. T35, Wusakile Township, Kitwe a Z/ Tonga and Miner from V/ Mavuwe,...

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