Death toll from new Turkey-Syria earthquake rises to eight

Death toll from new Turkey-Syria earthquake rises to eight

A man being treated after being hurt in the latest earthquake in Hatay, Turkey (Efekan Akyuz/Depo Photos/AP)

Eight people are now confirmed to have died in Turkey and Syria in a new and powerful earthquake – which hit two weeks after 45,000 people were killed in one.

Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others were hurt – with 18 in a critical condition – in Monday’s 6.4-magnitude quake.

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