Amid rows of bodies, Turks check for relatives one by one after earthquake


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Feb 2023

People work at the site of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (Reuters) - Turks stepped over hundreds of bodies in stadiums and parking lots on Wednesday, carefully lifting blankets from their faces to try to identify dead relatives after a once-in-a-generation earthquake devastated the region.

Nada, a Syrian woman, and her Turkish husband asked a staff member how best to find their niece and aunt among the more than 100 bodies lined up on the parking lot of the Hatay Research Hospital near the southern city of Antakya.

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