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It was in the middle of the school term, at 1pm local time, that the violent earthquake on the island of Java in Indonesia started. Within minutes, many thousands of buildings had been destroyed. Among them was the school building of 14-year-old Aprizal Mulyadi. The 14-year-old was inside a classroom when the ground began to shake. The body was trapped under broken roofs and walls. He couldn’t move. “The room collapsed and my legs were buried in the rubble,” Mulyadi told AFP. Several hours later, he was rescued by his friend, 12-year-old Zulfikar. Later, when Zulfikar was about to rescue another comrade, the roof collapsed and buried him. He never got out. – I couldn’t run in and help him because my legs were injured, says Mulyadi, who mourns his dead friend. – I can’t sleep, I just think about what happened, the 14-year-old told AFP. Rescue workers retrieve a dead person from the ruins. Now they are fighting against the clock to find survivors. Photo: Tatan Syuflana / AP Battle against the clock The death toll from the earthquake is now up to 268, according to the Indonesian authorities. Many of the dead are children. – Most of the dead are children because they were still at school at one o’clock, says Henri Alfiandi at the national rescue agency, according to the BBC. 30 primary schools, 12 secondary schools and a high school were destroyed in the violent earthquake on Wednesday afternoon. This is written by the British Telegraph, which quotes the Indonesian authorities. The quake measured 5.6. 151 people are still missing. 58,000 people are living in tents and hotels after their homes were destroyed in the quake. The earthquake hit the city and district of Cianjur, west of the island of Java in Indonesia, which is the world’s most populous island. Rescue crews continue to search for the injured and dead in the ruins on Tuesday. Many of those affected are poor, and lived in poorly built houses that quickly collapsed in the earthquake. A girl rests in a tent for those who have lost their homes in the earthquake. Photo: ADEK BERRY / AFP The president promises help Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the earthquake victims on Tuesday, while the rescuers fought a battle against the clock. Widodo promises help for the reconstruction, and emphasizes that new houses must be built so that they can withstand new earthquakes. For them, there will probably be more of them. Indonesia lies above a very active seismic zone called the Ring of Fire, where many of the world’s earthquakes occur. According to President Widodo, all those who have lost their homes will receive around NOK 60,000, writes NTB. President Widodo distributes packages to survivors of the earthquake. Photo: MUCHLIS JR/INDONESIAN PRESIDENTI / Reuters The earthquake also led to several landslides, and at least 14 dead have been found buried in one of them. The island state with 276 million inhabitants has been hit by several large earthquakes. In 2018, over 2,000 people died in an earthquake that was felt as far as neighboring Malaysia. Many died in the earthquake in Indonesia



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