Suspects are being held in eight different provinces. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The suspects were held in eight different provinces as part of investigations into looting after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the region, news agency Anadolu said.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announcedProsecutors can now detain people for an extra three days from four days previously for looting crimes as part of extended powers under the state of emergency, according to a decree published in the official gazette on Saturday.
“This means that, from now on, people involved in looting or kidnapping should know that the state’s firm hand is on their backs,” Mr Erdogan said. AFP
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