El-Geniena, September 19(Darfur24) three people were killed and more than 30 others were underground after the collapse of mining well in the Jebel Amer region in North Darfur.
Member of the Administrative Committee in Jabal Amer, Mayor Suleiman Abdul Rahman Muhammad, said in statements to Darfur 24 that one of the private mining wells south of Jabal Amer collapsed on Sunday while a number of miners were searching for gold.
Suleiman indicated that one of the injured told them that the number of miners inside the well is very large, but their initial statistic indicates that their number is 30 people, some of whom are still alive.
Pointing out that the well is 40 meters deep, and confirmed that no government agency has arrived to help them save the living or remove the bodies.