A six-year-old child was rescued Saturday in Turkey’s Hatay province after 137 hours under rubble following devastating earthquakes that hit the country this week, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported.

Earthquake in TurkeyPhoto: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

The child was pulled out from under the rubble from the site of the collapsed building in Antakya, writes News.ro. The rescuers intensified the search for the place where the child was after hearing his voice. The child was rescued and taken to the hospital by ambulance.

In Manisa, a married couple donated all the gold they received

On the other hand, in Manisa, the couple who got married, Berkan Demir and Dan Jennifer Demir, refused the wedding, reducing it to a simple ceremony.

In addition, two young people donated the gold they received from the guests at the ceremony, which went to the Red Crescent to help those affected by the earthquakes.

At weddings in Turkey, there is a tradition that brides are given gold bracelets or gold coins are attached to the dress.

The new balance of victims of the earthquake: more than 28 thousand dead

According to the new balance sheet, the death toll from devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on Monday exceeded 28,000 people, according to cnn.com.

According to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, 24,617 deaths have been registered. More than 80,000 people were injured.

In Syria, the number of confirmed deaths is 3,575.

According to daily Sozcu, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that universities will continue to operate until the summer without the physical presence of students, in an online system, so that student dormitories can be used to accommodate people left homeless by the earthquake.