BEIJING: At least 257 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured yesterday when an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale ripped through a remote area in northwest China, flattening hundreds of buildings, including schools.
“The casualty figure is now 257. Over 1,000 are injured,” an official at the Xinjiang Seismological Bureau said.
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