An incident in Nalaikh coal mine caused the death of a miner on Saturday April 6th according to reports by local residents.

According to the residents` report a miner fell into the coal mining-pit and died in the area of III khoroo in Nalaikh district.

There are numerous death reports still even though the Nalaikh coal mine has been halted temporally.

Police found the dead man, aged 29, at around 10:55 am on Saturday when they arrived at the scene following the residents` report. Police determined the coal mining-pit was privately owned. Police have initiated an investigation into the case.