A powerful earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island overnight. Terrified residents fled into the street, some covered in blood and debris.
Many of the dead were school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when they collapsed, West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said as he announced the latest death toll in the remote, rural area.
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Hospitals were overwhelmed by injured people, and the toll was expected to rise further. No estimates were immediately available because of the area’s far-flung, rural population, but many structures collapsed, and residents and emergency workers braced for grim news.
Kamil said that more than 13,000 people whose homes were heavily damaged were taken to evacuation centres.
Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency recorded at least 25 aftershocks.
