– Turkey Arrests 130 Building Contractors As Earthquake Deaths Surpass 28,000:
The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake soared past 28,000 killed this weekend, and many more thousands may still be buried under the rubble, as in many areas of the sprawling disaster zone, at hundreds of miles wide, rescue operations have only barely begun.
Turkish officials estimate that around 25,000 buildings either totally collapsed or were severely damaged in the earthquake, and that more already shaken buildings could potentially collapse as a result of aftershocks and tremors.
But in a new development, “Approximately 130 people were arrested or are the target of arrest warrants issued by Turkish officials for their involvement in alleged faulty and illegal construction methods as rescue teams work to locate survivors in the wreckage of thousands of buildings downed by an earthquake nearly a week ago,” The Hill reports based on regional sources.
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