First survivor pulled from landslide after 38 ‘workers’ trapped at Zambia copper mine
Zambian army officers help out at the rescue operation last Sunday. Photo: AP
Rescue workers in Zambia have pulled out the first survivor of a December 1 landslide that inundated an open-pit copper mine and trapped at least 38 people who were working there without a permit.
The rescue team also retrieved two unidentified bodies, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit said in a statement posted on Facebook yesterday.
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