PALU, INDONESIA—Search teams pulled bodies from obliterated neighbourhoods in the disaster-stricken Indonesian city of Palu on Saturday as more aid rolled in and the government said it was considering making devastated areas into mass graves. Many children were in the area’s mosque at the time of the quake for Qur’an recitation. Indonesia’s top security minister, Wiranto, who uses a single name, said the government is mulling the possibility of turning Balaroa and Petobo, another neighbourhood in Palu, into mass graves. Wiranto also said on local television that the government is discussing with local and religious authorities and victims’ families the possibility of halting the search and turning the areas into mass graves. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says $50.5 million is required to deliver “immediate, life-saving” aid.

Source: thestar October 06, 2018 15:45 UTC