Turkey: Earthquake death toll touches 17,600
Istanbul: The death toll due to the earthquake which rocked Turkey has now crossed 17,600, officials said.
Country's Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a news conference as quoted by Daily Sabah that 17,674 people lost their lives in the recent disaster, while 72,879 were injured and 121 citizens were pulled from the rubble alive in the past 24 hours.
He noted that the search and rescue operations in Kilis and Şanlıurfa provinces have been completed, and they are almost complete in Adana, Osmaniye and Diyarbakır provinces.
There is currently 120,340 emergency staff working on the ground, including 6,479 from 75 countries, the vice president said.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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