Details emerge of the hours-long rescue effort while state media and the online public demand a full investigation and accountability
Calls have been growing in Chinese state media and from the public for stricter safety measures and a thorough investigation into the deaths of six university students who fell into an industrial flotation tank on Wednesday.
The students, from Northeastern University in Liaoning province, were on a field trip to the China National Gold Group’s Wunugetushan copper-molybdenum mine in Inner Mongolia when the incident happened. A teacher was also injured.
According to state news agency Xinhua, the government of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has assembled an accident investigation team to determine the cause, clarify the nature of the incident, and propose corrective measures.
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