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UNICEF says Turkey-Syria earthquake may have killed thousands of children

TURKEY-QUAKE-SYRIA-UNICEF:UNICEF says Turkey-Syria earthquake may have killed thousands of children
TURKEY-QUAKE-SYRIA-UNICEF:UNICEF says Turkey-Syria earthquake may have killed thousands of children Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2023
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GENEVA - The United Nations children's agency said on Tuesday that the earthquake and aftershocks that destroyed scores of buildings in Turkey and Syria may have killed thousands of children.

"The earthquakes that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early yesterday morning may have killed thousands of children," UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters at a briefing in Geneva.

He added the organisation could not determine a specific death toll of children.

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