Three Merapi victims found

Three Merapi victims found

YOGYAKARTA: The skeletal remains of three people, believed to
have been the victims of a Mount Merapi eruption last year, were
found last week in the worst hit hamlet of Turgo, near the
volcano.

The skeletons, two identified as women, were found in a forest
in the Sleman regency, Antara said.

Merapi, which is one of the world's most active volcanoes,
erupted in November last year, killing about 70 people and
displacing hundreds of families nearby.

The Sleman government has resettled several hundreds families
in safe areas. Officials from the directorate of geology here
said the mountain is still highly active at present.(imn)