VAN - Search and rescue activities, which were interrupted yesterday in the avalanche disaster in Van, Bahçesaray, where 38 people died and more than 100 people were injured, were resumed in the morning hours.
Interior Minister of the AKP, Süleyman Soylu, claimed that the number of those who remained under avalanche was 3, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca noted that there are 75 injured in hospitals, 6 of which are serious. Minister Koca stated that people who have lost their lives by the avalanches includes 11 gendarmes, 8 village guards, 2 highway workers, 3 firefighters, 1 Turkcell employee and others were civilians.
The dead in the hospital morgues are now started to be taken by their families. For the village guards and soldiers who lost their lives, an official funeral is expected during the day.
The delegation, including HDP Co-Chair Sezai Temelli and DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır, will be in Van’s Bahçesaray district during the day. where an avalanche disaster occurred In addition, the CHP delegation will arrive in the city today and conduct investigations at the scene.