Earthquake death toll tops 28,000, Turkey starts legal action

 

Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble on Sunday, six days after one of the worst earthquakes to hit Turkey and Syria, as Turkish authorities tried to maintain order across the disaster zone and launched legal action over some collapsed buildings.

With the chances of finding more survivors growing remote, the toll from Monday's earthquake and major aftershocks in both countries exceeded 28,000 and looked set to continue growing.