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Turkish court formally arrests eight over deadly mine blast -Anadolu

FILE PHOTO: Mourners attend a funeral ceremony of the mine blast victims in the village of Ahatlar near Amasra, in the northern Bartin province, Turkey October 16, 2022. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan/File Photo

A Turkish court ordered the formal arrest of eight people in relation to an explosion in a coal mine that killed 41 people in October, state-owned Anadolu news agency said late on Monday.

Among those jailed pending trial were the manager and the deputy manager of the mine, owned by the state's Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises (TTK), as well as other officials at the facility.

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