Aid workers and officials are scrambling to respond to the 5.6-magnitude earthquake, one of Indonesia's deadliest natural disasters in years, as confusion spreads over the exact death toll.
that the death toll had reached 162 — a number also shared by the region’s governor, Ridwan Kamil, with local reporters. But on Tuesday morning, staff at the agency told The Washington Post that they were still verifying the 162 figure.
Abdul Muhari, the agency’s national head, said in an interview Tuesday that the official death toll stood at 103. While others — including Kamil — have claimed that the majority of the casualties were children, it is still too early to tell, Muhari said. More than 30 people in Cianjur were still missing as of Tuesday and it will take days for officials to identify and verify who was lost in the quake, particularly in more rural segments of the affected area, he said.
Most of those killed in Monday’s incident died after being hit by collapsing debris, officials said. At least 13 schools were affected and more than 7,000 people have been displaced from their homes, according to Muhari’s agency. Officials are now in need of emergency supply items like tarpaulins, tents, medicine and drinking water, he said.
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