Search teams said on Tuesday they had abandoned hope of finding survivors from a landslide in north Myanmar’s jade mining heartland which killed more than 100 people.
Recovery teams including the army, police and local community organisations have pulled 113 bodies from the rubble. Only one man was found alive on Saturday but died soon after of his injuries.
Dashi Naw Lawn of the Kachin Network Development Foundation, which is helping the search, said no further survivors were expected.
Jade mine workers and rescue members carry away victims of the landslide in Hpakant. Photo: AP
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“We are seeing only dead people,” he said, adding that recovery operations continued at the site on Tuesday with possibly dozens of people still missing.
