Five killed in earthquake

FIVE people were killed and seven injured by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck yesterday in western Guatemala near the border with Mexico, Guatemala’s national emergency coordination agency reported.

The fatalities included a woman in the city of San Marcos who was killed by a falling wall and a homeless man in the town of San Sebastian Retalhueleu who was struck by the collapse of part of a church.

Three women in different departments, or states, died from heart attacks attributed to fright caused by the predawn quake.