Nearly 100 killed, hundreds hurt as quake strikes Indonesia’s Aceh

Indonesia Earthquake December 2016 People survey the damage after dozens of buildings collapsed following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Ule Glee, Pidie Jaya in the northern province of Aceh, Indonesia December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Nunu Husien

JAKARTA Dec 7 (Reuters) – The death toll from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Aceh province on Wednesday has risen to 93, the provincial government said.

(Reporting by Kanupriya Kapoor; Editing by Robert Birsel)

Indonesia doctors attending to the wounded

A doctor examines a patient in a hospital following an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Indonesia in this still frame taken from video December 7, 2016. METRO TV/Via REUTERS TV

Indonesians surveying the damage after the earthquake

People survey the damage after dozens of buildings collapsed following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Ule Glee, Pidie Jaya in the northern province of Aceh, Indonesia December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Nunu Husien

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