SHANGLA: Bodies of four young mineworkers, who died in a mine accident in Balochistan, were brought here and laid to rest in their ancestral graveyards on Saturday.

According to locals, over a dozen miners got stranded in the coal mine when a portion of it collapsed due to an explosion on Thursday.

They said that a rescue operation was still continuing and four bodies had been recovered so far and shifted to Alpuri.

They said the miners were under 20 years of age. They were laid to rest in their ancestral graveyards in Basi and Pir Abad areas of Alpuri tehsil.

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2025

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