Turkish prosecutors charged 3 people on Sunday, May 18, with reckless manslaughter over a mining disaster that ignited public anger. The explosion at the Soma mine is Turkey’s worst-ever industrial disaster. At least 25 have been detained, including the chairman of the company, Turkish prosecutor Bekir Sahiner said. The blast and fire in the Soma mine on Tuesday, May 13, sent carbon monoxide gas into the mine tunnels, killing 301 miners. Rescue operations ended Saturday, May 18, after the bodies of the last missing mine workers were found.
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The story on the mining disaster when it first broke is on Rappler.
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