Children killed when their schools collapsed accounted for many of the 162 dead in an earthquake that devastated a town on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said on Tuesday, as rescuers raced to reach people trapped in rubble.
Hundreds of people were injured in the Monday quake and officials warned the death toll was likely to rise.
Landslides and rough terrain were hampering rescue efforts, said Henri Alfiandi, head of National Search and Rescue Agency . "Most of the casualties are children, because at 1 p.m. they were still at school," he said, referring to the time the quake hit.President Joko Widodo flew in to Cianjur on Tuesday to encourage rescuers.
He offered his condolences to the victims and pledged emergency government support. Reconstruction should include earthquake-proof housing, he said.
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