MANISA — After the soma mine tragedy that took more than 300 lives in Turkey, 24 people were taken into custody. Three of the men have now been arrested.
This happened just hours after police detained 24 people, including high level executive officials in Soma Mine Company.
The Prosecutor of Akhisar has launched a probe on the Soma mine company to examine the reason of the accident, casualties and defects of the disaster.
Only labor inspectors, police and mine workers remain at the site, according to a statement from Soma Holding, the company which owns the mine in the western district of Soma.
The cause of the blast is yet unknown. Government officials have promised a thorough investigation. Dozens of prosecutors were assigned on Friday to oversee post-mortem examinations.
Rescue teams have left the Soma coal mine as operations ended late Saturday after the last workers trapped underground were recovered in Turkey's biggest-ever mining disaster.
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