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Turkish Red Crescent sends emergency relief team to quake-hit area in Indonesia

Society Materials 3 September 2009 01:29 (UTC +04:00)
Turkish Red Crescent sends emergency relief team to quake-hit area in Indonesia

The Turkish Red Crescent Society has sent an emergency relief team to disaster area in Indonesia after a powerful earthquake hit the region on Wednesday, the society said in a statement, Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish Red Crescent team, based in Banda Aceh since a 2004 tsunami, has been dispatched to the quake-hit area to extend support to the relief efforts.

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed at least 32 people.

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