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)