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WORLD NEWS Monday 16 deceMber 2019

Strong quake kills 1, collapses building in Philippines

Associated Press Davao del Sur Gov. Doug- downtown Padada dur- rescue efforts were under- people were injured in his
DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — las Cagas said a three- ing the quake, trapping way, he told the DZMM ra- province. Matanao Mayor
A strong earthquake jolted Vincent Fernandez said
the southern Philippines his two-story town hall was
on Sunday, killing at least badly damaged by the in-
one person and causing a tense shaking, along with
three-story building to col- two bridges and several
lapse, setting off a search buildings already weak-
for people feared to have ened by previous quakes.
been trapped inside, offi- “The shaking was different
cials said. this time, it wasn’t swaying.
The magnitude 6.9 quake It’s like a roller was rumbling
struck an area about 6 kilo- by underneath,” Fernan-
meters (3.7 miles) northwest dez told DZMM from an
of Padada town in Davao emergency shelter.
del Sur province at a depth As he was being inter-
of 30 kilometers (18 miles), viewed, he paused briefly,
according to the Philippine saying the ground was
Institute of Volcanology shaking again in the latest
and Seismology. of dozens of aftershocks.
The area has been bat- Fernandez appealed for
tered by a series of power- food packs and tents to
ful quakes in recent months. be used by residents who
A child was killed in a vil- needed immediate shel-
lage in Davao del Sur’s Rescuers check a collapsed building following an earthquake that struck Padada, Davao del ter from the rainy weather.
Matanao town when a Sur province, southern Philippines on Sunday Dec. 15, 2019. Many buildings that can be
wall of her house tumbled Associated Press used as evacuation cen-
down as the ground shook ters have been damaged
and hit her in the head, of- story building housing a an unspecified number of dio network, adding that by recent earthquakes, he
ficials said. grocery store collapsed in people inside. Search and an unknown number of said.q

Violence flares at Indian citizenship

law protest in Delhi

By SHEIKH SAALIQ persecution from several lice personnel were injured
Associated Press neighboring countries. in the melee in an upscale
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police The third day of what had enclave of south Delhi.
fired tear-gas and struck been a peaceful demon- Student organizers blamed
demonstrators with ba- stration against the law, outsiders for the violence.
tons on Sunday in India’s passed by India’s Parlia- “We have time and again
capital city, where thou- ment last week, descend- maintained that our pro-
sands, including students ed into chaos Sunday af- tests are peaceful and
at the Jamia Millia Isla- ternoon. Three buses were non-violent,” they said in a
mia University, protested set on fire, police officials statement. “We stand by Passenger buses go up in flames during a protest against
against a new law that said. this approach and con- Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec.
will give citizenship to non- Chinmoy Biswal, a top po- demn any party involved 15, 2019.
Muslims fleeing religious lice official, said that six po- in the violence.”q Associated Press