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Nepal quake toll rises to 6,621
Nepal
quake toll rises to 6,621
Kathmandu, May The toll in the massive earthquake that
devastated Nepal has risen to 6,621, the home ministry said on Saturday.The
temblor has left over 16,500 people injured.
The new deaths were reported after more bodies were pulled out from quake-hit
sites. Among the dead, the number of the women is significantly high, police
said.
Nepalese Army chief Gen. Gaurav Sumsher Rana on Friday told media persons that
toll could rise to 10,000 as rescue teams were busy in pulling out bodies in
remote areas as well as in Kathmandu.
On Friday, 50 more bodies were recovered from the rubble of the Dharahara tower
that collapsed after the quake hit the Himalayan nation last Saturday.
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