Yahoo – AFP,
20 May 2014
Turkey has
charged three more people with manslaughter over the country's worst mining
disaster, including the CEO of the company operating the pit, reports said on
Tuesday.
Can Gurkan,
the chief executive of mining company Soma Komur, general manager Ramazan Dogru
and a technician were the latest to face manslaughter charges over the disaster
that claimed 301 lives, the private NTV television said.
A total of
eight officials from Soma Komur have now been charged over last Tuesday's
accident at the Soma mine that sparked anti-government protests in several
towns and cities.
Gurkan and
other company executives have denied any responsibility for the disaster.
According
to the International Labour Organisation, Turkey had the highest number of work
deaths in Europe in 2012, and the third highest in the world. From 2002 to
2012, more than 1,000 Turkish miners have been killed.
The lead
prosecutor in Soma, Bekir Sahiner, ruled out on Sunday that an electrical fault
triggered the fire that spread through the mine.
Rescue
operations were suspended on Saturday as information from families suggested
that all the bodies had been recovered.
Police have
used tear gas and water cannons to disperse large protests in Turkey's main
cities, as well as in Soma.
The
government has defended Yusuf Yerkel's actions, saying
that he was attacked and
acted in self-defence. Photograph:
Depo Photos/EPA
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