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Relief teams rescue a 13-year-old child 108 hours after quake

SEARCH and rescue teams pulled a 13- year-old child alive from the debris 108 hours after Sunday's massive earthquake that hit Turkey's eastern province of Van, semi- official Anatolia news agency reported today.

Relief teams pulled 13-year-old Serhat Tokay alive from the rubble of an apartment building in Van's Ercis town early today, according to the report.

Tokay was then taken under treatment in a field hospital.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Sunday afternoon led to the collapse of about 80 buildings in Ercis, a town of 75,000 people close to the Iranian border. The region is among Turkey's most earthquake-prone zones.



 

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