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Jakarta (JP): 1) The number of people injured in the
weekend earthquake in the Central Sulawesi capital of
Newsworthy Event Palu reached 26. The earthquake, measuring 5.8 in
the opened Richter Scale, also damaged or destroyed
hundreds of buildings. So far no deaths have been
reported.

“Only 3 of the 26 injured are still being treated at
a government clinic. In the Sausu Trans village, the
rest have returned home,” Mohammad Haerollah, an
official of the Central Sulawesi Office of the Ministry of
Social Services, told the Jakarta Post yesterday.
Background Events Officials at the meteorology and geophysics agency
in Palu said earlier that the epicenter was in the Gulf
of Tomini, 32 kilometers east of Palu, at a depth of 32
kilometers. The office recorded 396 tremors between
5:30 p.m. on Saturday and 12 a.m. on Sunday.
However, locals felt 47 of the tremors.

Antara News Agency reported on Saturday that

most of the causalities were adults, injured by
Sources collapsing structures. The agency also said, that
victims were mainly residents of the Sausu, Suli,
Torono and Malakosa villages.

Activity 4 In group of four, complete the news by matching sentences in column A and B.

Column A Column B

a. ... and it later established there was
1. The National Army Bomb squad had no threat,” Said Major Tim Attwood,
examined … head of the Army Bomb squad.

2. An incident involving a bomb threat near b. ... and remote bomb disposal robot
the pond of Wicklow Park has ended, … was deployed to detect the bomb.

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