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25 Jan 2020

Death toll stands at 22 in Turkish earthquake; 1,000 hurt

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Death toll stands at 22 in Turkish earthquake; 1,000 hurtThe death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 22 Saturday, with more than 1,000 people injured, officials said. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, speaking at a televized news conference near the epicenter of the quake, said 39 people had been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings, including a woman recovered 14 hours after the main tremor. Rescue workers were continuing to search for people buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Elazig province and neighboring Malatya, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said earlier.