#police fire #tear_gas at Turkish #mine mourners
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People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma after an explosion and a fire in a coal mine killed at least 284 workers three days ago. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic) People mourn in a graveyard on May 16, 2014 in the western town of Soma after an explosion and a fire in a coal mine killed at least 284 workers three days ago. (Photo: AFP - Bulent Kilic)
Turkish riot police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of protesters at the scene of a #Disaster that killed nearly 300 miners, as the government faced a worsening political backlash. Police used tear gas, water cannon and plastic bullets to attack demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans in the western town of Soma, where at least 284 people (...)