Page 51 - Tehelka Issue 15 August 2018

Here is a round-up of international news to update our readers on everything
important that’s happening in different parts of the world.

families of the by authorities, suggesting there is a chance of casualties.
missing to confirm However, no tsunami alert was issued. The quake hit
their worst fears and Lombok island early in the morning at 6.47 am when
begin to piece their many people were still
lives back together. sleeping and damaged
In some towns, the dozens of single-story
government has houses. The epicentre
posted names of the was located 50 km
deceased so their north-east of the city of
relatives can get Mataram on the island
death certificates. In of Lombok, which has a
other cases, families population of 3,19,000.
have obtained documents that attest to their relatives’ Around 43 quakes were
deaths. In some cases, security officers have informed recorded after the initial
families personally. 6.4 magnitude tremor.
The largest aftershock
was recorded at 5.7 magnitude, said Indonesia’s disaster
mitigation agency. Even though tremors were felt in Bali,
At leAst 91 people died and another 25 were missing which is about 200 km away, there was no damage or
due to a wildfire that raged through a coastal area east casualties.
of Athens, Europe’s deadliest forest fire in more than a
century. The fire
sped flames through
the village of Mati, a A 10-yeAr-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were
popular resort spot, killed and 13 others were injured after a man with a
without warning handgun opened fire
on July 23. The vast on a bustling avenue
majority of victims in Toronto, Canada.
died in the fire itself, The suspect, a 29-year-
though a number old man identified as
drowned in the Faisal Hussain from
sea while fleeing the Toronto area, was
the flames. Greek found dead on a street
authorities have after being shot in an
said they have reason to believe the fire resulted from exchange of fire with
arson and turned so deadly because winds of up to 100 the police. Even as the
kilometers per hour buffeted the pine-forested seaside Islamic State claimed
resorts at the time. responsibility for the
attack, the police and the government denied any links of
the terror group with the mass shooting saying there was
no evidence of the attacker’s links with the IS. A total 16
At leAst 14 people were killed and 160 others injured people were shot — a tally that includes the dead suspect
when a strong earthquake struck Indonesia’s popular — eight were male and eight were female. The victims
tourist island of Lombok. A yellow alert has been issued ranged in age from 10 to 59, police said.
— Compilation and analysis by Ridhima Malhotra

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