INDONESIA Earthquake and tsunami: Dead buried in mass grave
Volunteers have begun burying victims of Indonesia’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in a mass grave. Friday’s disaster devastated swathes of the eastern Sulawesi Island and has left at least 844 people dead. Some remote areas have yet to be contacted, and there are fears that the death toll could rise further. A lack of heavy […]
A survivor walks under a car struck on a building in Palu, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi yesterday, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a mass grave with space for more than a thousand people yesterday Photo: AFP
Volunteers have begun burying victims of Indonesia’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in a mass grave.
Friday’s disaster devastated swathes of the eastern Sulawesi Island and has left at least 844 people dead.
Some remote areas have yet to be contacted, and there are fears that the death toll could rise further.
A lack of heavy lifting equipment is hampering rescuers’ attempts to reach people who remain alive in the ruins of collapsed buildings.
Dozens of people are feared to be underneath the rubble of one hotel alone, the Roa-Roa in the devastated resort of Palu.
In Sigi, south of Palu, the bodies of 34 children were found at a church which was engulfed in mud and debris, Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani was quoted as saying by Reuters.
She said the children were on a “Bible camp”.