A man walked into a hospital in southern Turkey pretending to be a police chief and attempted to steal a baby. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HATAY, Turkey – Turkish police have detained a man trying to steal a baby from a hospital in southern Turkey, state media reported, following the catastrophic earthquake that hit the region.
A 7.8-magnitude quake unleashed chaos in southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria, killing nearly 40,000 people and displacing millions in both countries. A man walked into a hospital pretending to be a police chief in the Samandag district of the quake-affected province of Hatay, the Anadolu state news agency said Wednesday.When officers detained the man, they found fake police and military ID cards, gold and money in Turkish lira, dollars and euros worth around $6,500 , Anadolu said.Some parents in the region have expressed alarm over rumoured child kidnappings.
Turkish Family Minister Derya Yanik on Monday said at least 1,362 children had been separated from their families by the quake. AFP
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