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"There were shots fired"/ Germany suspends rescue operations in Turkey

2023-02-12 14:11:15Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"There were shots fired"/ Germany suspends rescue operations in Turkey
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The Austrian army and German rescue teams have suspended earthquake rescue operations in Turkey for security reasons.

A spokesman for Austria's military said there had been "clashes between groups", without giving further details.

He told the AFP news agency that 82 soldiers from the Austrian army's Natural Disaster Relief Unit had taken refuge in the southern Turkish province of Hataj, "in a camp with international organizations, waiting for instructions".

They went to Hataj on Tuesday, February 7, with 45 tons of equipment and managed to rescue nine people who were trapped under the rubble.

They are expected to return to Austria on Thursday, but the matter is still under review, the spokesman said.

A similar decision to stop rescue operations was taken in Germany by the Federal Agency for Technical Assistance and the non-governmental organization that specializes in helping victims of natural disasters, ISAR, said the spokesperson of this organization.

"In the last few hours, the security situation in Hataj province seems to have changed," said ISAR spokesman Stefan Heine. "There are more reports of clashes between different factions, there were also shots."

German teams "are staying at the joint camp for now as a result of this situation" and will resume their search and rescue work when Turkish civil defense authorities "believe the situation is sufficiently safe".

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria in the early hours of February 6 and was followed by hundreds of aftershocks, including a 7.5-magnitude earthquake. So far, it is estimated that more than 28,000 people have died from the earthquakes in these two states./REL


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