200 prisoners escape after Turkish earthquake
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Xinhua, October 24, 2011
A total of 200 prisoners escaped from a prison in Turkey's southeastern province of Van after a 7.2- magnitude earthquake jolted the area on Sunday, Turkish news channel NTV reported.
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At least 138 people were killed and 350 others injured in a 7.2- magnitude quake that struck southeast Turkey on Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed early Monday. [Photo/Chinanews.com] |
NTV quoted the prison's authorities as saying that 50 of the escaping prisoners have returned.
The earthquake hit the province of Van Sunday afternoon. The Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute originally reported that the earthquake was 6.6 on the Richter scale, but later corrected it to 7.2.
At least 85 bodies have been found in the quake-hit areas, Turkish private news agency Dogan reported.
