Boy trapped under house for two days is rescued
A six-year-old Indonesian boy has been rescued after being trapped for two days under the rubble of his house after an earthquake that killed at least 271 people.
Heavy monsoon rains have led to a suspension of rescue efforts on the main islandofjava,withthedeath toll likely to rise.
Manypeoplearestillmissing, some badly-hit remote areas remain unreachable andmorethan2,000people wereinjuredaftermonday’s 5.6 magnitude quake.
Hospitals near the epicentreonthedenselypopulated island of Java were already overwhelmed,withpatients hooked up to IV drips lying on stretchers and cots in tents set up outside, awaiting further treatment.
Itwasthecountry’sdeadliest earthquake since a 2018 quake and tsunami killed about 4,340 people.
Many of the dead in this week’s earthquake were school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when the buildings collapsed.