AFP| Updated: Oct 31, 2017, 05.34 PM IST
More than 200 people are feared to
have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea's nuclear test site after its
latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday.
A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea
conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV
Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources.
Some 100 workers were involved in an initial collapse. Another cave-in occurred
during rescue operations leaving at least 200 people feared dead in
total, the Japanese broadcaster said.
The accident was triggered by the test, TV Asahi added.
Experts have warned that the underground tests could cause the mountain to
collapse and leak radiation into the atmosphere near China's border.
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