Eight killed, several trapped after marble quarry rockslide in Pakistan


ISLAMABAD: A rockslide from a marble quarry on Saturday (Feb 22) killed eight labourers and trapped at least 15 others in Pakistan's Buner district of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an official said.

The official who serves as Buner district police officer told local media that some 30 miners were busy in extracting marble from the quarry when the accident occurred, burying the miners, adding that eight bodies and six injured laborers have been recovered from the rubble.

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