Death toll across Turkey, Syria following earthquake reach over 34,000
More than 34,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria last Monday, officials said, CNN reports.
The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake has reached at least 34,179. Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM said that the death toll in Turkey has reached 29,605.
Meanwhile, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the confirmed death toll in Syria is 4,574 which includes more than 3,160 in opposition-held parts of the northwestern part of the country. The Syrian death toll also includes 1,414 deaths in government-controlled parts of Syria.
Meanwhile, business owners in a central district of Turkey's Antakya city were emptying their shops to prevent their merchandise from being stolen by looters in the wake of earthquakes.
In Antakya, residents and aid workers who came from other cities have cited worsening security conditions, with widespread accounts of businesses and collapsed homes being looted.
Some residents were left homeless by the earthquake and are now sleeping in their cars or tents.
