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Over 1200 prisoners escape following quake-tsunami in Indonesia
By Press Trust of India | Jakarta
UPDATED ON OCT 02, 2018 12:06 AM IST
Ministry of justice official Sri Puguh Utami said inmates had fled from two overcapacity facilities in Palu and another in Donggala, an area also hit by the disaster.
Mass burials to begin as death toll in Indonesian quake-tsunami climbs over 800
By Agence France-Presse | Palu (Indonesia)
UPDATED ON OCT 02, 2018 12:06 AM IST
Desperate survivors in Indonesia turned to looting shops for basics like food, water and fuel as police looked on, unwilling or unable to intervene.