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Three charged with manslaughter in Turkey mine disaster: prosecutor

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A Turkish court on Sunday charged three people with manslaughter over a mine disaster that killed 301 people, the prosecutor in charge of the probe said.

"Twenty-five people have been taken, detained and three of them have been charged with manslaughter," prosecutor Bekir Sahiner told reporters in the western town of Soma where the country's worst ever mining disaster took place.

A Turkish court on Sunday charged three people with manslaughter over a mine disaster that killed 301 people, the prosecutor in charge of the probe said.

“Twenty-five people have been taken, detained and three of them have been charged with manslaughter,” prosecutor Bekir Sahiner told reporters in the western town of Soma where the country’s worst ever mining disaster took place.

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