Five people were killed in several Syrian cities in a recent earthquake that hit the area. writes about it TASS With reference to Arabic TV channels.
Al-Arab reported that 4 people died as a result of the panic and stampede caused by the tremors in the cities of Aleppo and Tartus. According to Sky News, another woman died in the city of Latakia, located on the Mediterranean coast.
Some of those who died in the first aftershocks died of heart attacks. There have also been reported cases of people jumping out of the windows of the houses for fear of falling under the rubble.
Information about the victims varies. Sky News reported more than 100 injured in Latakia. Al Hadath reported that there were approximately 470 earthquake victims throughout the PA, both in areas controlled by the Bashar al-Assad government and in opposition areas.
Official authorities have not yet provided information.
Previously, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said that as a result of the new earthquakes in Hatay, 3 people lost their lives and 213 people were hospitalized.
In Turkey dead new earthquake: Aftershocks with a magnitude of 6.4 and 5.8 were recorded in Hatay, the southernmost province of the country, with a difference of three minutes. It suffered more damage from the February 6 earthquake than any other – at least 21 thousand people died in the area, most of the buildings were severely damaged or destroyed. As a result of the new shocks, most of the surviving buildings collapsed.