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Six held over deadly Turkiye steel blast that killed 17

Verified: 4 outlets in 4 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from Turkey. 17 killed, according to 2 outlets.

📍 Turkey, TR·🕐 1h ago·4 outlets

Around twelve people were injured, including one in critical condition The explosion occurred during a boiler replacement operation, officials said Details

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✓ Verified · 4 outlets

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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This report links 3 of the story's 4 outlets

Dhaka Tribune· National ↗South China Morning Post· National ↗Al-Monitor· International ↗

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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Killed: 172 outlets: dhakatribune.com, scmp.com· latest Nov 14, 12:47 PM UTC
Turkey detains 6 over deadly steel blast that killed 17 ↗
Arrested or detained · 3 figures, newest first: 61 outlet: scmp.com· latest Nov 14, 12:47 PM UTC
Turkey detains 6 over deadly steel blast that killed 17 ↗; at least 91 outlet: al-monitor.com· latest Nov 13, 3:48 PM UTC
At least nine detained protesting at blast-hit Turkey steel plant ↗; nearly 201 outlet: turkishminute.com· latest Nov 13, 2:31 PM UTC
Nearly 20 detained protesting phone ban at blast-hit Turkish steel plant ↗

The story so far · 4 reports · · 4 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 3:48 PM UTC

1 outlet from Turkey, where the story is: Turkish Minute · how we count

Nov 13, 2:31 PM UTCFirst report
Nearly 20 detained protesting phone ban at blast-hit Turkish steel plant turkishminute.com ↗
Nov 13, 3:48 PM UTC+1 h
At least nine detained protesting at blast-hit Turkey steel plant al-monitor.com ↗
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 3:48 PM UTC · +1 h
Nov 14, 12:34 PM UTC+22 h· you’re reading this
Six held over deadly Turkiye steel blast that killed 17dhakatribune.com ↗
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Nov 14, 12:47 PM UTC+22 h
Turkey detains 6 over deadly steel blast that killed 17 scmp.com ↗

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[Claude] Both reports cover the same Izmir steel plant blast: Report 2 is a follow-up on protests after the explosion, and Report 3 is another account of the same arrests and death toll.

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