China governor apologizes for deadly mine blasts

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Source: Associated Press

GUJIAO, China (AP) — A provincial governor apologized for China's worst industrial accident in a year, as sobbing relatives of the 74 coal miners killed in the underground explosions finished identifying the bodies Tuesday.

Weeping wives and mothers were supported by relatives as they knelt over bodies wrapped in plastic sheets at a morgue in the northern Chinese town of Gujiao in Shanxi province.

Shanxi governor Wang Jun lamented the lives lost in the accident.

"We say sorry to the victims and their families," Wang was quoted as saying by official Xinhua News Agency.



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