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Nation recalls tsunami horror

By Agencies in Banda Aceh, Indonesia | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-27 07:34

Twelve years later, 400 bodies have not been identified in Thailand

Thousands of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones on Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human history.

Some 168,000 lives were lost in the country when a magnitude-9.1 quake struck Aceh, a province in the northern tip of Sumatra Island, bringing about massive waves that also hit coastal areas as far away as Somalia.

Nation recalls tsunami horror

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