Executives
from the mine operator are reportedly among those detained after the country's
worst industrial disaster
theguardian.com - AFP, Sunday 18 May 2014
People mourn their relatives at the cemetery where some of the 301 people killed in the Soma mine disaster are buried. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/ Getty Images |
Turkish
police have detained 18 people suspected of negligence in connection with this
week's deadly mine disaster, including executives from the mine operator, local
media reported.
Rescue
operations ended on Saturday after the bodies of the last two trapped miners
were recovered, following the country's worst industrial disaster, which killed
301 people.
Dozens of
prosecutors are investigating the fire and explosion, which are believed to
have been sparked by an electrical fault at a private mine in the western
district of Soma.
Mine
operator Soma Komur vehemently denied any negligence.
"We
have all worked very hard. I have not seen such an incident in 20 years,"
its general director, Akin Celik, said. It was not clear whether Celik was
among those detained.
A
preliminary expert report on the incident obtained by the Milliyet newspaper
pointed to several safety violations in the mine, including a shortage of
carbon monoxide detectors and ceilings made of wood instead of metal.
The
disaster has led to a surge of anger in Turkey, fuelled by what many saw as a
heartless response from the government.
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