The Haiti earthquake death toll has already reached an estimated 140,000 deaths according to Haitian authorities. Worrying reports of looting are also coming in, especially from camps in which Haiti earthquake victims have moved in.
THE EARTHQUAKE in Haiti which occurred on Tuesday afternoon has till now taken an estimated 140,000 lives as per Haitian authorities. The Haiti earthquake death toll can still rise and according to a few others may be around 200,000 dead in total.
Paul Antoine Bien-Aime, Interior Minister had stated earlier, "We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies. We anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number." Aramick Louis, the Haiti Secretary of State for Public safety has confirmed that about 40,000 bodies have already been buried in mass graves in the Carribean nation. These figures in regards to Haiti earthquake death toll has already put this earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks on the list of ten deadliest earthquakes ever recorded, as per reports.
Even as relief work still continues and the country has begun recuperating with authorities asessing damages, a more worrying report has come into the news. Incidents of robberies and looting by bandits are on the rise, especially targeting those Haiti earthquake victims and survivors who have moved into camps on streets and sidewalks. Such looting has happened even in the capital city of Port au Prince.