Rescue operation ongoing after Bosnian miner was buried 170m underground

While rescue teams are making superhuman efforts to reach the buried miners, many of his colleagues and friends are praying for him and offering support via social networks.

“The rescue teams are in the pit, but unfortunately the pressure made it possible only for two men to work on his rescue. Once again, we hope that his heroic heart has endured and that he will manage to get out", reads the post of the Facebook group Teretnjaci Srebrenik.

The accident took place on Friday.