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Mourners gather for mine blast funeral in Turkey Mourners gather for the funeral of three miners killed in a nearby mine blast, during their funeral in the village of Ahatlar near Amasra, in the Black Sea province of Bartin, Turkey, October 16, 2022. Rescuers Saturday found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern Turkey, bringing the death toll to 41 from a methane blast that also injured 11. The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal town of Amasra on Turkey's Black Sea coast shortly before sunset Friday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at the site Saturday afternoon to announce the last missing person had been found dead. "Our priority was to find the miners in the gallery. We finally reached the last one. He also died, bringing the number of deaths to 41," Erdogan said, ending rescue operations after more than 20 hours. He spoke in front of miners who escaped unharmed and pledged a full inquiry with the state taking c...