KWEKWE
–
Two
men
were
killed
after
accidentally
detonating
dynamite
at
a
mine
in
Kwekwe.

Police
named
the
deceased
as
Loveson
Nkiwane,
41,
and
Albert
Mulima,
46.

The
duo
were
mining
underground
at
the
Donzic
6
mine
police
believe
one
of
them
“unknowingly
placed
a
hot
iron
pick
head
directly
onto
a
hidden
cache
of
the
explosives.”

National
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
added:
“Subsequently,
the
heat
from
the
pick
head
ignited
the
dynamites,
causing
a
devastating
explosion
which
claimed
the
lives
of
the
victims.”