# Two workers killed in quake-hit Japan mall were sent to collect cash

https://mins.news/en/item/12577

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-03 23:52 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/3/two-workers-who-died-in-quake-hit-japan-mall-were-sent-in-to-get-cash?traffic_source=rss

> A Japanese company has acknowledged that two workers died inside a shopping mall after an explosion that followed a powerful earthquake. The workers had been sent to the quake-affected mall to collect cash. Their deaths have drawn attention to the circumstances in which they were dispatched to the site. The incident involved both the explosion and the loss of the two employees.

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