A 40-YEAR-OLD man has died after he attempted to check for gold in an object suspected to be a grenade in North East Luangwa.Elias Phiri, had gone in the bush, North East of Luangwa Bridge approximately 1.2 Kilometers up the hills of the Luangwa River to cut some trees.While in the bush, he came across an object which he thought containined gold.Police spokesperson, Esther Katongo, said Phiri hit it with an axe and it exploded and the fragment injured him severely.She said the explosion split his left palm while his intestines were ripped out and he had deep wounds on both thighs. Ms Katongo explained that the axe was also damaged while some trees at the scene of the fatal incident were also affected.She said police picked the body and relatives intended to bury the remains without post-mortem.Meanwhile, a male pedestrian has died in a fatal Road traffic accident which occurred opposite Indo-Zambia Bank in Nyimba district. The pedestrian was identified as Diana Chibanda of Moza compound […]
MAN DIES IN ‘GOLD SEARCH’ EXPLOSION
