Chinese rescuers have successfully saved at least four survivors so far. An 82-member China Search and Rescue Team arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday to join earthquake relief efforts in the country.
The number of registered survivors of the Nanjing Massacre declined to 44 on Thursday with the death of a survivor, according to the Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.
Niu Yu felt she regained a long-lost sense of control over her body when she took off her prosthetic sponge, exposed her steel leg, put a flashlight on it and jumped on the street.
Starting Tuesday, family members of the victims of the massacre began a series of commemoration activities such as laying flowers and burning incense before the memorial wall where the victims' names are engraved.