Death toll from eastern Turkey earthquake increases to 22: Interior Minister
22 people were dead while 39 people rescued from rubble of collapsed houses, buildings in the 6.8-magnitude earthquake, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said in a press conference on Saturday.
Google News'te Doğruhaber'e abone olun. 
"Four people died in Doğanşehir district of Malatya and 18 others in Elazig province. 39 people were also rescued from the rubble of collapsed houses and buildings "said the Minister at a press conference in Elazığ.
He added that a prison in Turkey's eastern Adıyaman, which was damaged in the earthquake, would be evacuated.
The earthquake, centered on Sivrice district in Elazığ, was felt by poeple in neighboring provinces and as far afield as Iraq, Syria, Iran and Lebanon. (ILKHA)
Bu haberler de ilginizi çekebilir
-
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, stated on Saturday that countries cannot selectively enforce arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
-
The death toll from an Israeli airstrike in the al-Basta area of central Beirut has risen to 16, with over 70 people injured, according to local sources.
