Twelve-Year-Old Boy Pulled From Turkey Rubble

Rescuers Friday pulled a 12-year-old boy from the rubble of Turkey's earthquake after he had lain trapped more than 100 hours, as the death toll in the disaster rose to 573.

The end of Ferhat Tokay's 108-hour ordeal gave fresh hope to rescue crews who have been working round the clock in sub-zero temperatures, while concerns deepened about the plight of survivors.

Hopes of finding more people alive in the rubble had been fading fast before the rescue of 18-year-old Imdat Padak late Thursday, followed a few hours later by Ferhat's, both in the worst-hit town of Ercis where scores of buildings collapsed.

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Television footage showed a rescue worker shading Ferhat's eyes as he was brought to the surface to protect him from the floodlights used by the emergency teams.

Both of the young survivors were rushed to a field hospital in Ercis and later airlifted by helicopter to nearby hospitals for further treatment, media reports said.

According to the latest update from the government's emergency service, 187 people have been pulled out alive from the debris.

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The IFRC said that 2,256 buildings -- mostly apartments -- were destroyed during the quake which struck on Sunday afternoon, its epicenter focused on the eastern province of Van.

An update from the prime minister's office put the death toll at 366, adding that more than 1,300 people had been injured.

The population of the region is mainly Kurdish and the quake came amid a major army operation targeting the separatist PKK militia in response to a series of deadly attacks.

In a sign of the simmering ethnic tensions, dozens of residents of the provincial capital Van hurled stones at journalists and police on Tuesday after a well-known television presenter criticized Kurds' appeals for help.

Police used pepper gas to disperse the angry crowd but there were complaints among survivors in other areas that soldiers whose barracks had been damaged were being given priority in the aid effort.

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The unit said that a total of 2,680 had been injured by the 7.2 magnitude quake which ripped through eastern Van province.

The quake killed livestock, one of the region's main income earners, as well as people.

Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said the government was distributing livestock to villagers who lost animals rather than compensating them for them to ensure continued production, the NTV news channel reported.

More than 3,088 animal barns were destroyed by the quake, officials have said.

Fresh snow and rain in Van province Friday ensured more misery for survivors camping out in tents fearing more building collapses in aftershocks, with some camps turned into mudbaths.