Turkey-Syria earthquake: Christian Atsu partner calls for equipment to aid rescue

Christian Atsu was successful a gathering that housed respective team-mates and nine officials

The spouse of footballer Christian Atsu, who has been missing since the earthquake successful Turkey connected Monday, has called for instrumentality to beryllium sent to the collapsed gathering wherever helium was living.

But a time aboriginal his cause later confirmed his whereabouts are unknown.

"I inactive pray, and judge that helium is alive,” Claire Rupio, who lives successful Newcastle, UK, told BBC News.

Rupio says conflicting reports astir his whereabouts person been "confusing" and "quite shocking", revealing their children heard connected the vigor that helium volition inactive missing.

She said: “I entreaty for the Hatayspor club, the Turkish authorities, and the British government, to nonstop retired the instrumentality to get radical retired of the rubble - particularly my spouse and begetter of my children.

“They request the instrumentality to get them retired - they can’t get that heavy without the equipment. And clip is moving out.”

More than 21,000 radical person died successful confederate Turkey and bluish Syria since the earthquake and aftershocks that followed.

Atsu - unneurotic with Taner Savut, the sporting manager of Atsu’s nine Hatayspor - has not been seen since Monday’s quake.

On Tuesday, Hatayspor’s vice-president told Turkish media that Atsu had been recovered alive, but connected Wednesday different figures from the club, arsenic good arsenic Atsu’s cause Nana Sechere said they had not been capable to corroborate this.

Rupio said that the cause is present successful Turkey and attempting to get to the gathering successful Hatay that Atsu is inside.

Sechere tweeted connected Thursday: "The concern remains the same, Christian Atsu is yet to beryllium found. Unless I spot Christian, oregon talk with him, I person nary further updates."

“They cognize wherever the gathering is, and they’re trying their champion to rescue everybody,” added Rupio.

“They cognize determination are radical inactive trapped nether the rubble, but the occupation is that they don’t person the instrumentality indispensable to get them out.

“So he’s inactive missing, and we don’t cognize wherever helium is.”

'Atsu reports person been confusing and shocking'

Rupio past spoke to Atsu connected Saturday morning. She described the inaccurate quality from the nine astir Atsu having been rescued arsenic “quite shocking.”

“The nine were confirming that helium was recovered and was live and taken to hospital, and 11 hours aboriginal my children had to perceive from the vigor that they inactive did not cognize wherever helium is,” she said.

“I cognize that his cause is there, and trying their champion to find him. He volition evidently bring maine the quality that I tin trust, if helium sees him oregon speaks to him. Everything is rather confusing.”

Atsu, 31, played 107 games for Newcastle and had spells with Chelsea, Everton and Bournemouth.

The Premier League has announced it volition donate £1m to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Appeal to present humanitarian assistance to those successful Turkey and Syria successful request of it.

Players and officials successful the Premier League volition besides deterioration achromatic armbands astatine matches this weekend.

Also, arsenic a people of respect to those who mislaid their lives, oregon are affected by these tragic events, Premier League players and lucifer officials volition deterioration achromatic armbands astatine games this weekend.