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People mourn at graves for miners who died in Tuesday’s mine disaster, at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey’s western province of Manisa | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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People mourn at graves for miners who died in Tuesday’s mine disaster, at a cemetery in Soma, a district in Turkey’s western province of Manisa May 18, 2014. Turkish police have detained 18 people, including mining company executives and personnel, as part of an investigation into last week’s mine disaster, CNN Turk and other broadcasters reported on Sunday. The rescue operation ended on Saturday after the bodies of the last two workers were carried out, bringing the death toll in Turkey’s worst industrial accident to 301. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY – Tags: DISASTER)