One of 201 miners who have lost their lives in the Soma mining disaster was only 15 years old
The operator of the mine where more than 200 workers died after an accident on May 13 shut down its website on May 14 amid reactions
Turkey's official "news" agency "reports" on the mine fire trapping 200+ by copy-pasting the company's press release. pic.twitter.com/SfskolBaDL
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 13, 2014
- Energy minister says 201 miners have been killed
- Hundreds of miners still trapped underground
- More than 360 evacuated
- Prime minister Erdogan to visit the Soma mine
Injured miners are still emerging from the shaft, according to Hurriyet.
More than 3,000 people have been killed in mining accidents across Turkey since 1941, mostly due to fires, landslide or explosions.
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