Turkey and Syria earthquake: Bodies found in search for volleyball team

Three bodies person been recovered arsenic rescuers successful Turkey hunt a collapsed edifice for a radical of schoolhouse volleyball players pursuing Monday's earthquakes.

The bodies of 2 teachers and a pupil were recovered from the Isias Hotel successful Adiyaman, said officials successful Turkish-controlled bluish Cyprus.

A radical of 39 radical - including boys' and girls' teams - are said to person been successful the gathering erstwhile it came down.

The quakes person killed thousands successful confederate Turkey and bluish Syria.

The athletes had travelled to Adiyaman from Famagusta Turkish Maarif College, accompanied by teachers and parents.

Four of the enactment are known to person survived aft the seven-storey gathering fell down, having reportedly managed to flight from the rubble themselves.

Turkish-Cypriot media quoted officials arsenic saying that the lifeless bodies of 2 teachers were recovered connected Wednesday - and that the decease toll had risen to 3 aft an eighth-grade pupil was discovered.

The fig of casualties was confirmed by the BBC Turkish team.

Search and rescue efforts proceed astatine the site, wherever families of the players person gathered.

Some 170 radical - including relatives and rescuers - person travelled to the wreckage from Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus.

An acquisition authoritative from the land said they would stay determination until the remaining students were found.

One parent astatine the country questioned the operation of the buildings and asked if they had been adequately inspected.

Another pistillate said her niece, 12-year-old Nehir, had been staying with her successful Adiyaman, but had gone to the edifice connected the time of the earthquake to articulation up with friends.

Nehir, the youngest subordinate of the girls' team, was inactive missing on with different children.

Meanwhile, a teacher who survived the quakes said they had not slept since the tremors and that their ain girl remained trapped successful the wreckage.

Monday morning's archetypal 7.8-magnitude tremor struck adjacent the Turkish municipality of Gaziantep, adjacent to the Syrian border.

Numerous aftershocks were felt successful some countries.

Nearly 16,000 radical are known to person died successful the 2 countries. The World Health Organization has warned that galore much could suffer their lives without shelter, water, substance oregon electricity.

As freezing upwind sets in, hopes are fading for the galore inactive trapped nether ruined buildings, much than 72 hours aft catastrophe struck.