Ghana soccer player Atsu still missing in Turkey earthquake
Ghana worldwide soccer participant Christian Atsu continues to be lacking after the earthquake in Turkey, his membership and agent stated on Thursday, regardless of earlier studies he was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed constructing and brought to a hospital.
Atsu’s whereabouts had been nonetheless unknown, Aydin Toksoz, the deputy head of Hatayspor soccer membership, informed Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency news service. The membership’s sporting director, Taner Savut, was additionally lacking after the huge earthquake that struck southern Turkey and Syria and has now killed greater than 17,000 folks.
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The 31-year-old Atsu, who beforehand performed for Chelsea and Newcastle in England, signed for Hatayspor late final 12 months. The membership is predicated within the southern metropolis of Antakya, close to the epicentre of the earthquake that struck within the early hours of Monday and devastated the area. Atsu and Savut had been believed to have been in buildings that collapsed, the membership had stated.
Nana Sechere, the agent for Atsu, stated in messages to The Associated Press that he travelled to Turkey to try to discover Atsu however the participant “is yet to be found.”
Hatayspor and the Ghana Football Association introduced on Tuesday that Atsu was rescued from a ruined constructing on Monday evening and brought to a medical facility for remedy.
Toksoz stated Hatayspor was now “not able to confirm this information.”
“We have not been able to reach Atsu or Taner Savut,” Toksoz informed the Anadolu Agency.
Ghana’s ambassador to Turkey stated she was additionally looking for Atsu. Francisca Ahsitey-Odunton informed Ghanaian radio she was given a listing of 200 hospitals or medical services that Atsu may have been despatched to if he was rescued and he or she had additionally been unable to verify the place the participant was.
She stated she hoped he was in a kind of hospitals and his location hadn’t been confirmed “in all the confusion, which is understandable under the circumstances.”
Antakya is without doubt one of the cities hardest hit by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which destroyed hundreds of buildings in Turkey alone and despatched greater than 110,000 rescue personnel scrambling to search out survivors trapped underneath wreckage. More than 63,000 folks have been injured in Turkey.
The demise toll from the earthquake is the best worldwide since a 2011 earthquake off Japan triggered a tsunami, killing almost 20,000 folks.
Atsu scored late in harm time to present Hatayspor a 1-0 win over Istanblul-based Kasimpaşa S.Okay. within the Turkish League on Sunday, incomes him reward from his new membership hours earlier than the earthquake struck.
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