Mourners from a city in North Cyprus on Sunday buried the final of 39 individuals, together with 24 kids, who had been killed in final week’s earthquake whereas in Turkey for a college volleyball event.
The kids aged 11 to 14, 10 mother and father, 4 lecturers and a coach, had been killed when their resort within the southeastern metropolis of Adiyaman collapsed, burying them below mounds of rubble.
The group from Turkish Maarif College in Famagusta, in Turkish Cypriot-controlled North Cyprus had traveled to Adiyaman for a match along with their trainers, lecturers and oldsters. They had been caught within the devastating quake that hit southern Turkey and Syria within the early hours final Monday.
Huge crowds attended back-to-back funerals in Famagusta on Friday and Saturday, and lots of had been current at two extra ceremonies held on Sunday for coach Osman Cetintas and group member Havin Kilic.
Mourners, amongst them highschool college students, prayed and wept over the 2 coffins, between which lay a volleyball.
The dying toll in Turkey and Syria from the earthquake and main aftershocks rose above 33,000 on Sunday and appeared set to continue to grow. — Reuters
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