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Twenty cubic meters of solution containing cyanide spilled into the river in June. The prosecutor's office has concluded that there was no need for prosecution following inspections and sanctions on the mining company.

A while after he entered the river to swim, the child was caught in the current. Rescue teams have recovered his body.

Some 20 cubic meters of solution leaked into the Euphrates River last week. Activities of the company operating the gold mine has been temporarily halted.

"We were shocked after seeing the pond. What we saw was a huge cyanide pond the size of 192 football fields and a depth of 1,280 meters and it was all crimson," said a local.