'Thousands' trapped in rubble

3 Oct 2009, 12:51 pm   -   Source: AFP
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An Indonesian woman is rescued from the rubble after an earthquake in the Sumatran city of Padang (Getty Images)

An Indonesian woman is rescued from the rubble after an earthquake in the Sumatran city of Padang (Getty Images)

Up to 4,000 people are still trapped in rubble following the devastating 7.6-magnitude quake that struck Indonesia this week, the UN and Red Cross say.

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Up to 4,000 people are still trapped in rubble following the devastating 7.6-magnitude quake that struck Indonesia this week, the UN and Red Cross say.

"We estimate about 3,000 to 4,000 people are still trapped or buried under the rubble," UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Indonesia El-Mostafa Benlamlih told AFP on Saturday.

Bob McKerrow, head of the Indonesia delegation of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, said his estimate was 4,000, based on his tour of the city of Padang and surrounding countryside.

"We're up to 4,000. People don't like those figures out - they don't want the families to be grieving too much," he told AFP.

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