VAN, Turkey - AFP
Seventeen aid trucks belonging to the Turkish Red Crescent were looted in quake-hit eastern Turkey, the organisation's head Ahmet Lutfi Aker told AFP on Wednesday. "Looters and raiders who appear during every quake incident have been found here too. Our 17 trucks were looted on Tuesday and Monday," in Van city centre and the town of Ercis, Aker said. Local police sources in Van province also said looting incidents had taken place.