Nine bodies retrieved from Donetsk mine - regional administration


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Mar 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The bodies of nine miners have been found at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk where a blast trapped dozens of people, the regional administration said.

The fate of another 23 miners remains unknown, the administration said in a statement. It said the total death toll, including one miner whose body was found earlier, had now reached 10 people.

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