Erdogan warns against looting as rescuers continue to pull survivors from the rubble
“That’s terrifying. This is nature striking back in a really harsh way.
“We’ve declared a state of emergency,” he said during a visit to the disaster zone. “It means that, from now on, the people who are involved in looting or kidnapping should know that the state’s firm hand is on their backs,” he said. Earlier on Saturday a second convoy of aid trucks had crossed into stricken northwestern Syria from Turkey, as rescuers continued to pull survivors – including a newborn baby – from the rubble 100 hours after the earthquake.
A 10-year-old boy was also saved overnight with his mother in the Samandağ district of Hatay after being trapped for more than 90 hours, while in Diyarbakır in the east, 32-year-old Sebahat Varlı and her son, Serhat, were pulled out alive 100 hours after the first quake.Hopes were fading, however, that many more people would be found alive. Barely 6 per cent of earthquake victims who have not been rescued within five days survive, experts say, compared with 74 per cent after 24 hours.
The International Organization for Migration said on Friday the 14 aid trucks bound for northwest Syria were carrying desperately needed heaters, tents, blankets and other supplies. This is an area where civil war has left 90 per cent of the population – about 4 million people – relying on aid even before the quakes struck.
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