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More than 20,000 confirmed dead in earthquake
The Guardian – The death toll from the earthquake has now risen above 20,000, after Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency body published its latest update on the amount of people who have died.
AFAD said the death toll in Turkey is now 17,134, Reuters reports.
An injured man is rescued from under rubble 87 hours after earthquakes hit in Turkey. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
It would make an increase from the total announced by Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday afternoon, which stood at 16,546.
State media in Syria said the death toll in government-held areas had risen to 1,347, up from 1,262.
Earlier, the White Helmets civil defence group said 1,930 had been reported dead in rebel-held areas in the north-west of the country. It brings the overall total to 20,411.
Experts have said the casualty figures are expected to continue to rise in the coming days.
- civil defence group, earthquake, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, White Helmets
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