排球校隊39人客死土耳其 北賽普勒斯悲慟送葬

(中央社法馬古斯塔12日綜合外電報導)北賽普勒斯土耳其共和國一個城鎮民眾今天為上週命喪土耳其強震39人中的最後兩人送葬。包括24名兒童在內的39人團隊赴土耳其參加排球比賽,不幸遭遇強震而客死異鄉。

路透社報導,24名兒童年齡介於11到14歲,一行人還包括10名家長、4名教師和1名教練,他們一起住在土耳其東南部重災區阿德亞曼市(Adiyaman)的旅館裡。旅館在強震中遭到夷平,這39人被埋在瓦礫推下。

土耳其裔塞普勒斯人掌控的北賽普勒斯東岸城市法馬古斯塔(Famagusta)土耳其馬阿里夫學校(Turkish Maarif College)排球隊前往阿德亞曼參加比賽,不幸遭遇6日凌晨襲擊土耳其南部和敘利亞的這場毀滅性強震。

大批民眾10日、11日接連參加在法馬古斯塔的葬禮後,今天有數以百計人出席教練切廷塔什(Osman Cetintas)和球員克勒奇(Havin Kilic)的葬禮。

包括中學生在內的送葬民眾對著兩具棺木祈禱、悲泣。兩具棺木中間放了一顆排球。

截至今天,土、敘強震罹難人數以已經超過3萬3000人,這個數字料將繼續增加。(譯者:何宏儒)1120213

Mourners react by the coffins of Cypriot students killed in the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey, during a funeral outside the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Cyprus' eastern city of Famagusta in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot statelet of northern Cyprus on February 12, 2023. - Two dozen children aged 11 to 14 from the island, along with 10 parents, four teachers and a volleyball coach, were in the southern Turkish city of Adiyaman when the quake hit. The 7.8-magnitude tremor, whose epicentre was near Gaziantep, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Adiyaman, has claimed the lives of more than 21,000 people in Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Birol BEBEK / AFP) (Photo by BIROL BEBEK/AFP via Getty Images)
北賽普勒斯一排球校隊39人命喪土耳其強震,家鄉民眾為成員送葬。 (圖/Getty Images)