Friday prayers in Palu, week after city hit by earthquake and tsunami
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(5 Oct 2018) Mass prayer rang out in disaster-struck Palu on Friday, as survivors came together for the traditional weekly gathering one week after the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island of Sulawesi. The death toll from Friday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake that spawned a tsunami has risen to 1,558, with scores more believed buried in deep mud and under debris of collapsed buildings and homes. Worshippers on Friday reflected their loss in a field by the damaged Agung Mosque. Regular worshipper Abu Shamsuddin lost his son in the disaster. "I hope my dead son has gone to heaven, because he was in the middle of praying", he said. "Allah willing, heaven for him. I have faith in that", he said. Thousands have been injured and more than 70,000 evacuated to shelters and makeshift tents that have sprouted across Palu. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d65b2aebc8fe29e01c3b39214acf9676
