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Gallery: Quake rocks central Italy
People fled their homes after the 6.3 magnitude quake struck the city of L'Aquila and surrounding towns [AFP]
Published On 9 Apr 2009
9 Apr 2009
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Rescue workers rushed to save people trapped in the rubble of their homes [Reuters]
Debris blocked roads in L'Aquila hampering the rescue operations [AFP]
Scores of people are feared dead and injured in what one Italian official called the "worst tragedy since the start of the millennium" [EPA]
Thousands of people have been made homeless while others fled their houses fearing they may collapse if aftershocks struck [AFP]
Rescue workers evacuate a man found in rubble in the centre of L'Aquila [AFP]
A woman is helped by soldiers in L'Aquila, buildings and homes in the walled medieval town were reduced to rubble [AFP]
Thousands of buildings across central Italy collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck early on Monday [Reuters]
A rescuer walks with his dog past a collapsed house in Onna, a small town about 10km from L'Aquila [AFP]
A sene from the devastation in L'Aquila [Nazanine Moshiri]