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19 seized over coal mine killing with 9 dead, 48 injured
By Zhang Xuanchen |
November 22, 2010, Monday
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POLICE in southwest China's Yunnan Province have detained 19 suspects for deliberately setting off a coal mine explosion and shooting their rivals over the ownership of a coal mine. The incidence left nine people dead and 48 injured.
Police said they are still investigating the fatal explosion and several gunshots near the entrance of the Xiaosongdi Coal Mine in Luxi County, Honghe Prefecture, at 9am on Thursday, a local news website, Yunnan.com, reported today.
Almost all victims were miners hired by Zheng Chunyun who owns the Yuejin Coal Mine. Zheng said the blast and gunfire were plotted by his rival, Wang Yongfu, the contractor of the adjacent Xiaosongdi Coal Mine. Wang allegedly ordered his workers to exploit Zheng's coal mine.
The report said Zheng had complained to the local land and resources authority about Wang's misconduct and an investigation showed Wang had crossed the demarcation by at least 660 meters, which means a loss of millions of yuan for Zheng.
Wang was ordered by officials to withdraw his workers from Zheng's coal mine by November 3 and pay compensation to Zheng on October 27.
Zheng led a group of nearly 80 workers to Wang's coal mine to get the compensation on Thursday. When they arrived, explosives stored in a nearby shed was detonated. Some survivors were gunned down in an ambush, said several villagers who witnessed the happening. One of them, Wang Guisheng, told reporters the gunmen appeared like professional attackers as the victims were killed with one shot in the head or chest.
Police didn't confirm whether some villagers were killed because the victims' families refused them to carry out an autopsy in case of the evidence was destroyed. The bodies were being guarded by villagers in a nearby hotel.
Police declined to reveal more details but said more suspects are expected to be detained. The injured were still being treated in hospital.
Police said they are still investigating the fatal explosion and several gunshots near the entrance of the Xiaosongdi Coal Mine in Luxi County, Honghe Prefecture, at 9am on Thursday, a local news website, Yunnan.com, reported today.
Almost all victims were miners hired by Zheng Chunyun who owns the Yuejin Coal Mine. Zheng said the blast and gunfire were plotted by his rival, Wang Yongfu, the contractor of the adjacent Xiaosongdi Coal Mine. Wang allegedly ordered his workers to exploit Zheng's coal mine.
The report said Zheng had complained to the local land and resources authority about Wang's misconduct and an investigation showed Wang had crossed the demarcation by at least 660 meters, which means a loss of millions of yuan for Zheng.
Wang was ordered by officials to withdraw his workers from Zheng's coal mine by November 3 and pay compensation to Zheng on October 27.
Zheng led a group of nearly 80 workers to Wang's coal mine to get the compensation on Thursday. When they arrived, explosives stored in a nearby shed was detonated. Some survivors were gunned down in an ambush, said several villagers who witnessed the happening. One of them, Wang Guisheng, told reporters the gunmen appeared like professional attackers as the victims were killed with one shot in the head or chest.
Police didn't confirm whether some villagers were killed because the victims' families refused them to carry out an autopsy in case of the evidence was destroyed. The bodies were being guarded by villagers in a nearby hotel.
Police declined to reveal more details but said more suspects are expected to be detained. The injured were still being treated in hospital.
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