Turkey arrests 48 suspected of looting after the earthquake

Ankara, February 11 – TRT Haber reports that 48 people have been detained in eight Turkish provinces on suspicion of looting after the earthquake.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said earlier that the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey rose to 22,327, and 80,278 were injured.

“Forty-eight suspects have been arrested in eight provinces in connection with robbery and robbery in the earthquake zone,” the channel said.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey on Monday morning. It has become, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the strongest since 1939. In the afternoon of the same day, another earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck. The tremors, which were followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt by residents in 10 provinces in the country and neighboring countries, including Syria.