MAGNITUDINAL DISASTER: Business owners in Turkey’s Antakya empty their shops to avoid looters

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Business owners in a central district of Turkey's Antakya city were emptying their shops on Sunday to prevent their merchandise from being stolen by looters in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquakes.

in Turkey’s south and Syria’s northeast. The death toll is set to keep rising as the rubble of thousands of buildings has yet to be cleared.

Yuksel Uzun, the owner of an electronics store, was loading boxes of merchandise, including chargers and phone cases, on to two trucks with help from several others. As those helping Uzun loaded the boxes, a military truck drove past and stopped to ask whether they owned the shop. “Police and soldiers who live here went through the same things as we did. So we cannot expect them to have taken the necessary measures for the first couple of days,” he said.

 

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