3 suffocated to death while excavating for artifacts in Aswan

ASWAN - Egypt - 7 October 2017: Three persons were suffocated to death on Friday while they were illegally excavating for artifacts inside a house in El Mahamid village in Edfu of Aswan governorate.

Another person was injured in the incident in which they were trapped in a 16-meter hole that ends with a cellar.

A probe was launched into the incident while the public prosecution was notified.