Two workers killed in blast after re-entering quake-hit Japan mall on boss' order

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Two female employees of the general goods store Habita were killed in an explosion at Aeon Mall following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture on July 28th. Their employer has apologized, stating the workers were instructed by a boss to re-enter the damaged mall to secure cash from the cash register. One of the deceased has been identified as 22-year-old Kurumi Otake, who reportedly told a relative she had to return to the store for this task. Habita's sales director acknowledged the instructions were inappropriate and expressed deep regret for the loss of life. The earthquake resulted in 38 fatalities, including seven at Aeon Mall.

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One of the deceased workers, Kurumi Otake, was asked to move money from the cash register to a safe.

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The instructions given at the time were inappropriate, and I truly regret them.

quoteGoji Yuse (Habita sales director)

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The employer, Habita, has apologized for the loss of the two lives.

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Two workers died in a shopping mall explosion after being ordered by their boss to re-enter the building.

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Two 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. 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. The identity of the other deceased employee has not been made public.Otake's family told local media that she ran into a relative outside the Aeon Mall after the earthquake.She told the relative that she had to go back in because her company had asked her to move money from the cash register into a safe.This was confirmed by two company representatives, who attended Otake'a wake on Sunday and apologised to her family.

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