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‘I didn’t see anything’: the horror experienced in Indonesia after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that killed at least 162 people

Indonesians are still in shock after the earthquake. | Font: AFP or licensors | Photographer: FORCE

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Chaos, stress and fear reigned this Monday in the Indonesian city of Chianjur in western Java, where a magnitude 5.6 earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds.

Agus Ajari, 19, was at home with his mother when, in just a few seconds, the living room collapsed due to earthquake.

Parts of the roof and walls of Azhari’s house were destroyed, and he sustained injuries to his legs and arms as a result of being hit by a cabinet and other debris.

“I have not seen anything. The dust from the ruins made it difficult for me to see,” Azhari told AFP, admitting that he had never lived in earthquake of this type.

This young Indonesian man shared a video of his 56-year-old mother yelling, “Please sir! My house!”

“I grabbed my mom’s hand and we ran out of the house,” Azhari said. “I felt cries for help from all sides,” he added.

earthquake He brought down the roof and walls of houses built on a hillside of wood and mud, the structure of which was rather precarious.

Emergency services agents pulled out from under debris residents of Tsianjur.

According to authorities, at least 25 people remain under the rubble. debris.

Residents contributed to vans and motorcycles for the wounded to local hospitals, which were hit by power outages and collapsed before about 700 injured arrived.

There were injured people on stretchers and elderly women in wheelchairs waiting for help.

“I couldn’t do anything”

In another hospital, in the city of Chimakan, bloody victims arrived, as well as parents looking for their missing children.

earthquake There were numerous tremors that increased the fear of the residents.

It also caused landslides and emergency services had to use bulldozers to rescue people and clear roads.

A woman and her child were rescued from under debrisbut many of their neighbors perished.

Oman, 55, who like many of his countrymen has only one name, was cooking fried rice when the walls of his house began to crack. tremble.

“Suddenly I was inside my ruined house. I was stuck in the rubble and couldn’t move. My wife was outside,” he explains.

“I couldn’t do anything, but at least I’m still alive,” says Omar, who suffered serious injuries to his legs, feet and hands, but his children managed to save, says with relief.

Rescue work continued on Monday evening, and the remainder of the from dead may get worse.

Indonesia check in often earthquakes for being located in the “ring of fire” of the Pacific Ocean, the meeting point of tectonic plates.

Country still flagged earthquake On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 off the coast of Sumatra, killing up to 220,000 people in the region and 170,000 people in Indonesia.

(According to AFP)


Source: RPP

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