Five persons have been killed and three others injured when they were buried under a sand mine in Saraswatikhel, Duwakot VDC of Bhaktapur, Wednesday morning.

Phoorba Tamang, 28, of Doramba in Ramechhap, Chanchali Thing, 48, of Dandagaun in Kavre, Krishna Prasad Phuyal, 30, and Rohit Ghimire of Chyama in Dolakha and Dawa Sherpa, 45, of Dolakha died when they were buried under the sand mine at about 6 am, Wednesday.

Thing, Phuyal and Sherpa were sandminers, while Tamang was the helper of the truck used to carry the sand.

Police are still continuing the search at the site. nepalnews.com