On the fourth day of an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their focus Thursday to a landslide where dozens of people were believed trapped after an earthquake killed at least 272, more than a third of them children.
Many of the more than 1,000 rescuers were using backhoes, sniffer dogs and life detectors -- as well as their bare hands -- to search the worst-hit area of Cijendil village in mountainous Cianjur district where a landslide set off by Monday's quake left tons of mud, rocks and broken trees.
"The search process will be our priority for now," Widodo said. "The soil is unstable, so you need to be careful," he warned. On Wednesday, searchers rescued a 6-year-old boy who was trapped for two days under the rubble of his collapsed house. Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said the authorities will verify damage to houses to allow rebuilding to start soon and evacuees to return home.
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