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48 dead, hundreds injured in tsunami-hit Indonesian city: disaster agency
JAKARTA, Sept 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 48 people were killed by a
quake-tsunami in an Indonesian city, the country’s disaster agency said
Saturday, announcing its first official death toll.
The agency added that another 356 people were injured in Palu on Sulawesi
island where waves as high as 1.5 metres (five feet) slammed into the city of
about 350,000 people.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1103 hrs