Three people are charged with ‘causing multiple deaths and injuries through negligence’ in last week’s coal mine disaster in Turkey, as the last of the 301 workers killed was buried.  The suspects were among 25 people detained, including executives, engineers, supervisors and other personnel of the company that operates the mine.

The provincial governor told reporters that the 25 were being held on suspicion of negligence and “causing multiple deaths” in Turkey’s deadliest industrial disaster.  A manager has denied negligence, and claimed that an unexplained build-up of heat appeared to have led to the collapse.  Authorities earlier said a faulty generator caused a fire, which sent deadly carbon monoxide coursing through the mine.

Economic development has soared under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but workplace safety standards have failed to keep pace.  That’s left Turkey with one of the world’s worst industrial accident records.

The sense that Erdogan’s government cares more about the profits than the miners has sparked angry protests across the country, but especially in the town of Soma where the disaster happened.  Erdogan was roundly heckled and jeered when he visited Soma, and the PM was spotted slapping a girl whose father died in the mine while his aide kicked a protester who was being arrested by police.  Authorities in Soma have since banned protests.