Coal miners pray near the coffins of five killed miners during a mass funeral in Zenica September 8, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
ZENICA Bosnia (Reuters) - Thousands of Bosnians paid their last respects on Monday to five miners killed after an earthquake triggered a collapse at the Raspotocje mine and trapped 34 miners 500 metres below the surface.
In the third serious mining accident this year, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake near the central town of Zenica on Thursday caused rocks in the mine to burst, spewing out rubble that sealed off the miners in an underground passage.
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