TURKEY: Earthquake death toll reaches 105

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

BINGOL, Turkey, May 2 2003 (IPS) - The death toll in the devastating earthquake which jolted the city of Bingol in southeastern Turkey yesterday increased to 105 dead and 600 injured.

Operations and search under the debris by rescue teams continued to rescue students trapped under the debris of a destroyed dormitory school building.

Radio Ankara said some 27 students have been rescued alive from under the debris while the dead bodies of 37 students and one teacher were retrieved.

Some 199 students, whose ages ranged between 12 and 18, were residing and studying at the dormitory school.

The earthquake which jolted the mountainous area early in the morning yesterday measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.