14 die in marble mine slide in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: At least 14 labourers were killed and nine others injured in a rockslide at a marble quarry in Mohmand Agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, ARY News reported.

According to police, dozens of labourers were mining marble when a heavy rock tumbled down on them in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency.

Talking to journalists, DPO Tariq Habib said the bodies of 14 labourers have be retrieved. He said that a search operation was currently underway, adding that 11 more people are still feared to be trapped under the rubble.

Earlier on February 22,  at least 10 people had been killed and several injured in a rockslide at a marble quarry in Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The district disaster management officer had said that rescuers had retrieved nine bodies and five injured from underneath tonnes of rocks in the Bampukha area of Buner.

Witnesses had said that the incident had occurred around mid-day.