Three children and a 20 year old man were early yesterday killed in Funtawa village of Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State when they were buried alive at a sand excavation site after that portion suddenly collapsed on them. Three of the dead, Mallam Maharazu, 20, Muhammad Ma'aruf, 12, Muhammad Kabiru, 8 were brothers. The fourth, seven year-old Muhammad Halliru, was assisting the brothers to excavate sand for making mud bricks, witnesses said. The sand buried them and they couldn't be rescued early enough to escape death.
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