Article 665D7 Five-year-old boy pulled from Indonesia earthquake rubble after two days

Five-year-old boy pulled from Indonesia earthquake rubble after two days

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Lorcan Lovett and agencies
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Azka, whose mother died in disaster, probably survived due to being protected by a mattress, while 40 people remain missing in Cianjur

Driving rain and the danger of landslides disrupted the work of Indonesian rescue workers searching on Wednesday for survivors of an earthquake that killed 271 people, with an official warning that time was running out for anyone trapped.

As the search continued, rescuers pulled a five-year-old boy from the rubble, who had survived because he was protected by a mattress.

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