As of now, as a result of the earthquake, 4 Armenians have died in Aleppo and 2 in Turkey, Hovhannes Aleksanyan, representative of the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, informed Azatutyun.

As he mentions, the number can change.

According to Aleksanyan, the victims in Malatya are husband and wife.

Earlier it was reported that two Armenians were killed in Aleppo, one of them a dual citizen (of Syria and Armenia).  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also working to obtain information about the presence of Armenian citizens among the victims in Turkey.

It should be reminded that in Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, there was a 7.8-magnitude earthquake at night.  Destruction has taken place in many cities of Turkey and Syria.  There are many victims and wounded.

The devastating earthquake of the night in Turkey was followed today by aftershocks, one of which was of magnitude 7.7 and then of magnitude 5.9.