Two workers killed in blast after re-entering quake-hit Japan mall on boss' order
Seven of the fatalities were from Aeon Mall."The instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I truly regret them," Habita sales director Goji Yuse said, NHK reported.One of two workers has been named as 22-year-old Kurumi Otake.
- ▪Seven of the fatalities were from Aeon Mall."The instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I truly regret them," Habita sales director Goji Yuse said, NHK reported.One of two workers has been named as 22-year-old Kurumi Otake.
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Two workers killed in blast after re-entering quake-hit Japan mall on boss' orderImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Two store employees were killed after a blast tore through the earthquake-hit Aeon Mall in KumamotoByKoh EwePublished30 minutes agoTwo workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were asked by a boss to re-enter the building to secure cash.Their employer, general goods store Habita, has apologised for the "loss of two precious lives".The two were among 38 people who died in the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture on 28 July.
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