Taiwan mourns victims of deadly quake, families demand justice

The Daily Star
Date: Feb. 15, 2016
By: Agence France Presse

TAIPEI: Flags flew at half-mast across Taiwan Monday as the island mourned 494895_img650x420_img650x420_cropmore than 100 victims of a powerful earthquake who died when an apartment complex collapsed, as families demanded justice.

Many residents of the 16-story Wei-kuan complex in the southern city of Tainan were buried in rubble after last Saturday’s 6.4-magnitude quake.

Rescuers called off the desperate search for survivors over the weekend as the missing were accounted for.

All but two of the 116 dead were from the building — more than 380 people were inside the complex on the night of the quake.     [FULL  STORY]

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