Powerful quake kills one child in Croatia's capital -health official


A destroyed car is seen following an earthquake, in Zagreb, Croatia March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

ZAGREB (Reuters) - A large earthquake which struck north of the Croatian capital Zagreb on Sunday killed a 15-year-old child, health officials have said.

"An ambulance team took to the field and found under a collapsed building a child who no longer showed signs of life, said Zarko Rasic, the head of the Zagreb Emergency Medicine Institute.

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