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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news abstract at 1600 GMT, Oct. 2

JAKARTA — As of Sunday, 125 folks have been confirmed lifeless from a stampede after a soccer match in Indonesia’s East Java province, with greater than 320 others injured, Indonesia’s National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, mentioned Sunday.

Previously, the police mentioned the dying toll was 129 and greater than 180 others have been injured, whereas the provincial authorities claimed 172 lifeless within the tragedy. However, Listyo mentioned some victims’ names have been listed greater than as soon as. (Indonesia-Stampede-Death Toll)

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JAKARTA — One died, 25 others have been injured, and about 950 homes have been broken in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s North Sumatra on Saturday, native authorities officers confirmed on Sunday.

Head of the North Sumatra Province Regional Disaster Management Agency Abdul Haris Lubis informed Xinhua on Sunday that the injured have been hospitalized and displaced folks arrange tents in entrance of their homes, though the federal government had ready evacuation posts. (Indonesia-Earthquake)

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TOKYO — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and different areas early Sunday, the climate company right here mentioned, with no tsunami warnings issued.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the quake occurred at 12:02 a.m. native time with its focus at a depth of about 30 kilometers off the Osumi Peninsula, registering decrease 5 on Japan’s seismic depth scale within the metropolis of Nichinan. (Japan-Earthquake-JMA)

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ISLAMABAD — Four terrorists have been killed in an alternate of fireplace with police in Naseerabad district of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the police mentioned on Sunday.

According to a CTD spokesperson, the CTD performed an intelligence-based operation late Saturday evening. (Pakistan-Terrorist-Death)

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