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Scores dead as earthquake hits Turkey, Syria

Stanley Osariemen by Stanley Osariemen
February 6, 2023
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Second earthquake strikes Turkey as death toll exceeds 1,300

Scenes of the destruction. Credit: AFP

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Many people have been killed and hundreds injured in rebel-held areas of Syria after an earthquake rattled neighbouring Turkey on Monday, rescue workers said.

According to Turkey Vice President Fuat Oktay, at least 284 people died in Turkey from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country’s South-East on Monday.

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Oktay said more than 2,300 people were injured in one of Turkey’s biggest quakes in at least a century, adding that search and rescue work continued in several major cities, AFP reported.

 

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