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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Indonesia Quake Kills 6 Children, Traps 14, in Mosque Collapse |
| 2013-07-03 |
| [An Nahar] An earthquake Tuesday killed six children and left 14 others trapped when a mosque collapsed during a Koran reading session in Indonesia's Aceh province, bringing the confirmed corpse count from the disaster to 11. The strong 6.1-magnitude quake left hundreds more injured as it rocked a region that was devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004. The earthquake reduced houses in parts of Aceh to rubble, set off several landslides and badly damaged roads. Rescuers were struggling late Tuesday to find the children still trapped after the mosque collapse in Blang Mancung village, Central Aceh district. "Our search and rescue teams are struggling to evacuate an estimated 14 children still trapped under the rubble," Subhan Sahara, the head of the local disaster management agency, told Agence La Belle France Presse. "I hope they can be found alive but the chances are very slim," he added, explaining they were reading the Koran together when the quake struck. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 the Koran itself says that the merciful and compassionate Allah will make bad things happen to people who recite the Koran incorrectly Its in chapter 73 |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-07-03 07:09 |