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Coal mine managers on trial for deadly disaster

By Agence France-Presse in Akhisar | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-16 07:50

Eight former managers at the mine where Turkey's worst mining disaster occurred in May appeared in court on Wednesday on murder charges, with prosecutors demanding they spend the rest of their lives in jail.

The disaster claimed the lives of 301 workers at the Soma coal mine in western Turkey, exposing shocking safety shortcomings in the country's mining industry.

Relatives of the victims wept in the courtroom.

Coal mine managers on trial for deadly disaster

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