Beached whales

JAKARTA: Volunteers managed to save six whales beached on the northern tip of Sumatra but four died, a conservation official said.

The rescuers worked late into the night to free six of 10 whales and turn them back into the waters.

“Some people got injured on the coral,” said Sapto Aji Prabowo, head of the Aceh conservation agency.

He said it was not known why the whales had beached.