Police open criminal probe into New Zealand volcano deaths
Handout photo taken on December 9, 2019 and released the next day from the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust shows the view from a rescue helicopter of the ash and debris covering White Island volcano a day after it erupted off the coast of New Zealand's North Island. – AFP/Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust pic, December 10, 2019.
NEW Zealand police today announced a criminal investigation to probe how an eruption at the White Island volcano led to an estimated 13 deaths, including that of a Malaysian visitor. The threat level at the volcano had been raised in the week before yesterday’s disaster, prompting questions about whether tour groups should have been allowed to visit the popular destination off the North Island coast.
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