TOKYO: Rescuers dramatically pulled a baby girl from a collapsed house early Friday more than six hours after a swarm of powerful earthquakes rocked southwestern Japan and left nine people dead.
Video footage provided by the National Police Agency showed the tiny pink pyjama-clad baby gently carried away in a blanket by helmeted rescuers from the rubble of the home.
The rescue of the eight-month old girl came in the Kumamoto prefectural town of Mashiki, the locale hardest hit by the 6.5-magnitude quake that struck Thursday night.
The girl whose name has not been released, reportedly did not suffer any injuries.
The child’s mother, grandfather, grandmother, and older brother were in the living room and kitchen of the home as she slept in another room on the first floor when the quake shook the southern island of Kyushu, the Mainichi Shimbun daily reported.
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Dramatic rescue of baby from a collapsed house
Dramatic rescue of baby from a collapsed house
Two Russians die in Ukraine drone attacks: local authorities
MOSCOW: Two people were killed and several wounded as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian border regions, local authorities said Wednesday.
In the city of Rostov-on-Don, a drone attack sparked a fire in a residential building and the body of a man was found in the charred remains of one of the apartments, the local governor, Yuri Sliussar, wrote on Telegram.
Four other people, including a four-year-old, were wounded in strikes elsewhere in the Rostov region, which sparked fires in several industrial areas.
In the border region of Belgorod, a woman was killed and a man wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a vehicle, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and in recent months has been pummelling the country nightly with hundreds of drones and missiles.
Ukraine launches dozens of drones at Russia every night in retaliation, saying it aims to target the energy industry, which is helping the Kremlin finance its invasion.
In the city of Rostov-on-Don, a drone attack sparked a fire in a residential building and the body of a man was found in the charred remains of one of the apartments, the local governor, Yuri Sliussar, wrote on Telegram.
Four other people, including a four-year-old, were wounded in strikes elsewhere in the Rostov region, which sparked fires in several industrial areas.
In the border region of Belgorod, a woman was killed and a man wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a vehicle, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and in recent months has been pummelling the country nightly with hundreds of drones and missiles.
Ukraine launches dozens of drones at Russia every night in retaliation, saying it aims to target the energy industry, which is helping the Kremlin finance its invasion.
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