3 ILLEGAL MINERS WHO DIED IN MUFUMBWE WERE SHOT IN THE LEGS AND DIED FROM EXCESSIVE BLEEDING — MWIIMBU
By: Sun FM TV Reporter
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu has confirmed that three illegal miners who died at Kikonge gold mine in Mufumbwe District were shot in the legs and succumbed to excessive bleeding.
Delivering a ministerial statement in Parliament, Mr Mwiimbu revealed that the incident occurred on July 3, 2025, when more than 50,000 illegal miners stormed the site, attempting to overwhelm police officers deployed to maintain order.
The confrontation escalated into violent unrest, prompting officers to deploy teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
The minister disclosed that 12 police officers were injured, with two still hospitalized, citing Part 107, Section 24 of the Constitution, affirming that law enforcement is legally permitted to use force when their lives are under threat.
Mr Mwiimbu also revealed that over 100 illegal miners have died in mining-related incidents since 2023, underscoring the dangerous nature of unregulated mining activities.
The illegal miners die too much in their mining accidents than shooting.The shooting is coming about because of fighting against the law.Police officers are just at work, they have families to look after.If some one aims a gun or anything to harm a police officer on duty then that person doesn’t deserve to live he is an enemy to the country.You can not support a person who is even endangering his life by digging carelessly and earth falls on them to death and government has to retrieve their bodies and sponsor burial funerals.We must be serious with this.We can’t promote lawlessness.Who gave them that land?We must have order in this country.Free for all conduct is gone, where people just want to do any thing freely without order.If the government doesn’t stop the behaviour the next thing is they will start killing each other on the illegal mines.Political jokers say the government must let them mine.Now how do you let people risk their lives like that.We have lost many lives in this mining activity.It could be better to find skilled investors to work with our youths in this mining sector using proper machinery and with less risks.
Exactly my thoughts and can’t explain it any better