152 Missing Under Rubble

KOMPAS/PRIYOMBODO

Posters of missing people are displayed on the fence wall of the Darussalam Great Mosque, Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday, Oct. 11.

PALU, KOMPAS – The government has extended the emergency response period in Central Sulawesi to Oct. 26, for victim identification and registration purposes. Search and rescue efforts will cease on Friday (12/10/2018). Hundreds remain missing, presumed to be dead or trapped under rubble.

Data from the joint emergency response task force show that as of Thursday (11/10), 2,071 dead bodies had been recovered, 680 remain missing and 152 bodies had been buried under rubble.